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by mushroom
Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:22 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Yeah i would hope so fella!! As for causing dragging etc by the sounds of it your old clutch had been through the wars so to speak lol. It wouldn't have helped but not the sole cause methinks! :lol: Cruciform was a bit rounded too :) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7516840332_3a194a2654_b.jpg
by mushroom
Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

ah ok , so it'll be in my new complete clutch then ?
Could this be why the clutch started dragging ?
by mushroom
Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:53 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Thanks, where does that shim go ?
by mushroom
Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:23 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Might stick with the polini as it was working fine before the clutch problems I've stripped it down and split the case but found quite a few brass shards and flakes around. There's some in the clutch side oil seal and bearing, a huge bit was stuck in the kickstart spring. Could it be off this ? http...
by mushroom
Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:23 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Where can you buy a standard barrel, piston and cylinder head ?
by mushroom
Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:17 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

It's a polini barrel, piston and modified head with beedspeed written on it
Are these any good ? I need it to be reliable, not bothered about going fast :D
by mushroom
Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:03 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

KACE was a complete clutch from beedspeed, barrel is stamped polini 200
by mushroom
Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:27 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Got the head and barrel of just now, does this look right ?

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by mushroom
Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:13 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil
Replies: 35
Views: 8138

Re: Dragging clutch / weird scraping / petrol in gearbox oil

Just started stripping the engine and box down. The clutch was a 6 spring one and the pressure plate had a groove worn in it. The brass push has got a chunk out of it and theres bits of brass in the clutch cover :( The new clutch is a 7 spring complete one from beedspeed. Do I need to soak the compl...
by mushroom
Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:09 pm
Forum: Vespa Tech
Topic: PX200 Jumping out of all gears
Replies: 9
Views: 3439

Re: PX200 Jumping out of all gears

rosscla wrote:Yes the selector boxes do wear, particularly on the pawl that connects to the selector shaft and the pin that holds the selector arm to the rotor part.
Cheers, off to beedspeed I go