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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Peter949 on December 14, 2018, 02:46:35 PM
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I am replacing the clutch on my 1984 California II, and removed the old worn clutch hub. I am ready to install the new hub, and the kit from MG cycle contained 2 "O" rings that fit under the new clutch hub.
The smaller O ring clearly fits on the transmission input shaft. The larger but thinner O ring seems to fit in a tapered recess on the Clutch Hub. However the transmission 'parts diagram' shows an "oil-spreading washer"
for this thinner O ring. My transmission shaft/clutch hub was missing both the
(https://i.ibb.co/PYPnSrb/clutch-hub-deep-spline.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PYPnSrb)
washer and thinner O ring! :sad:
Where can I purchase or get one of these washers for this O ring. Harpers does not seem to have this washer available when I look at their on-line parts diagram. It is part #7 in the diagram.
(https://i.ibb.co/C1sJFrG/engine-gear-box.jpg) (https://ibb.co/C1sJFrG)
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The oil spreader washer or whatever they call it is inboard of the bearing and guides oil into the bearing by centrifugal force. The larger o-ring just slips down the shaft and acts as a crush seal in the countersink in the bottom of the clutch hub. Use a new lock washer and a drip of 243 on the peg nut threads and you're good to go.
Pete
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Thanks Pete for the info on that "oil-spreading washer" which is actually inboard of the bearing. I will now certainly put it all back together with the 2 O-rings + 243 Loctite on the peg nut. :thumb:
Hopefully I will soon be ready for another 140,000 kilometers ...