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Hi B+You are not alone, I am just working through gearbox and primary drive on my t160 I have replaced layshaft second and third gear all bearings and kick start axle it was cracked I bought a starter motor from Dave Madigan, and Like you I purchased the triplex sprocket conversion from Clive, though I went with the Merc duplex chain from "Jason The Chain Man". When I opened up the primary shock absorber the cush drive rubbers, what was left of them drizzled out on to the bench. As a consequence of the lack of cush drive rubbers, the rivets holding spider and centre together rattled their appreciation at being set free. After drilling out the rivets I found that all of the holes were elongated , I bored all the holes over size and turned up rivets to suit I can't tell you how much I enjoyed whacking those rivets up tight The clutch was as expected shot some clown had fitted a grey spring the thickness of which combined with a knackered plate made it close to impossible to pull. I was to say at least surprised at the price of an orange clutch spring from the usual suspects assuming you can find one with one in stock, after looking around i found a company in Oxford making classic Mini a cover plate fitted with an orange spring for £60 delivered. New Surflex friction plate and and a trip to the local bearing factors for a sealed angular bearing for the jolly old clutch pull rod to nestle up against. I measured and remeasured the the stack height before machining the clutch basket fingers I hope I have achieved the elusive flat spring required for the over centre clutch. I have turned up a clutch slave cylinder with a 38mm piston and a 12mm travelling spigot (made up name) to run the pull rod through fed by £35 worth of sh 13mm brembo master cylinder from ebay.Triples eh, who would have them.
Hi B+
You are not alone, I am just working through gearbox and primary drive on my t160 I have replaced layshaft second and third gear all bearings and kick start axle it was cracked I bought a starter motor from Dave Madigan, and Like you I purchased the triplex sprocket conversion from Clive, though I went with the Merc duplex chain from "Jason The Chain Man". When I opened up the primary shock absorber the cush drive rubbers, what was left of them drizzled out on to the bench. As a consequence of the lack of cush drive rubbers, the rivets holding spider and centre together rattled their appreciation at being set free. After drilling out the rivets I found that all of the holes were elongated , I bored all the holes over size and turned up rivets to suit I can't tell you how much I enjoyed whacking those rivets up tight The clutch was as expected shot some clown had fitted a grey spring the thickness of which combined with a knackered plate made it close to impossible to pull. I was to say at least surprised at the price of an orange clutch spring from the usual suspects assuming you can find one with one in stock, after looking around i found a company in Oxford making classic Mini a cover plate fitted with an orange spring for £60 delivered. New Surflex friction plate and and a trip to the local bearing factors for a sealed angular bearing for the jolly old clutch pull rod to nestle up against. I measured and remeasured the the stack height before machining the clutch basket fingers I hope I have achieved the elusive flat spring required for the over centre clutch. I have turned up a clutch slave cylinder with a 38mm piston and a 12mm travelling spigot (made up name) to run the pull rod through fed by £35 worth of sh 13mm brembo master cylinder from ebay.
Triples eh, who would have them.
