Dellis
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Riding a long last week my bike started to make a strange catching noise, I pulled over and it stopped so I pulled off and it came back, I pulled over and investigate. Rotating the rear wheel made a rubbing noise coming from the back of the gearbox. I got down and poked my head underneath to try and see what was going on , it's not easy to sse but I could see something between the front sprocket and the inner primary but couldn't make out what it was so common sense took over and I jumped on the back of my pals bike to go and get my trailer.
So yesterday I pilled the primary apart and the issue was that the spot welds on the sealing disc had failed and the half between the primary and front sprocket had been chewed up by the chain. Looking on both RGM and Andover the discs are unavailable however I found them at Norvil and have ordered a replacement. Only issue is they are spot welded and I don't have access to a spot welder so I've decided to drill four holes in one of the plates where the spot welds would be located, clamp them together (I've turned a couple of alloy bits to achieve this today), and then mig weld the two halves together. This will be next weekend and I'll update on the results after my efforts.
Dave
So yesterday I pilled the primary apart and the issue was that the spot welds on the sealing disc had failed and the half between the primary and front sprocket had been chewed up by the chain. Looking on both RGM and Andover the discs are unavailable however I found them at Norvil and have ordered a replacement. Only issue is they are spot welded and I don't have access to a spot welder so I've decided to drill four holes in one of the plates where the spot welds would be located, clamp them together (I've turned a couple of alloy bits to achieve this today), and then mig weld the two halves together. This will be next weekend and I'll update on the results after my efforts.
Dave