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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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Well why didn't you say. :lol:

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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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You have my sympathies mate.... I know exactly what you are feeling, if you've read my Tenere 2 thread you'll know that someone (still unknown) knocked one of my cases off a bin after I'd just painted it... I had mine welded.... but, it leaked oil & it's still leaking oil... after numerous attempts at repairing it... I've managed to find another case now & I'm gonna have to remove & strip the engine again... the engineer who originally welded the case is gonna pair the two cases for me free of charge... but it's a lot of work I could have avoided... my advice would be to find another pair of cases & start again... you're gonna have to strip it anyway....

p.s. 3TB cases are the same.....
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GeoffD wrote:
p.s. 3TB cases are the same.....

I might be wrong about that... I'll check tomorrow..
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The RH case (the one with the damage) may be the same but the later 3TB flywheel,stator and one way clutch are smaller, thus the LH casing is quite different. :sherlock:
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I dragged out an old casing (damaged in a different area) to check out out your problem.

The post you knocked off serves to hold the detent roller and spring. In normal use there is not a lot of force on the part.

The post is threaded right through and it would be a simple matter to make a special nut so that you could put a long 6mm bolt to secure the post. I would not even bother welding, maybe just superglue.

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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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Yeah.... I've just checked out a casing here & I agree, it's not as bad as you think .... you'll still have to strip it again to do a proper job.... glue the post on & fix it from inside... unless you can find a cheap set of cases quickly....
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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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Hows your repair or replacement going jibber?

I await, your progress,(partly) as I am not far off fitting a kick start to my 3 AJ and wondered how you are getting on.

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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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its repaired socks, not pretty (fugly actually) hence no pics ( :censored: ), though i am sure its strong enough, just got to put it back together now.
The kickstart is quite straight forward really (if your patient :rofl: ) the decomp is going on this aswell
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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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Nice one jibber, all one requires on that is function. As AMM says" not much force on that ", Did you weld or?

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Re: jibbers half a 3AJ rebuild

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Yer, was welded, but being 25 year old cast that's been in oil all that time it was a pig ( for Sammy ) hence not pretty.
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