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Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:19 pm
by Egger
Just bought an Li125 special to restore and when trying to remove the mag housing by winding in some bolts the threads gave way so I had to resort to heating around the outside and tapping it from behind.... thats when it all went wrong ! The whole outside of the housing came off leaving the bit that fits into the casing still jammed in and flush with the casing. I wasnt even hitting it hard and was using a rubber mallet and some wood positioned on the thickest parts I could see.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks in advance

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:47 pm
by bristolmod
ouch!

if you are willing to sacrifice the crank, then you may get some movement by taping the crank and the remaining piece out from the drive side.

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:48 pm
by barnsleybilly
I'I'd agree with bristolmod, I can't see how you can get it out without damaging the crank.

The only thing I could add is use loads of heat on the outside of the casing whilst tapping the cranks drive side.

Good luck!

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:23 pm
by Muppet
push the rod back so it dont catch wh n you hit y crank

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:37 pm
by wack 63
I had the same on an old Indian motor, tried everything to shift the mag. In the end I drilled/ Dremelled a section of the mag spigot out which gave some free play to finally knock it out with the crank.

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:58 pm
by Egger
Thanks for the advice guys, it looks like it will be a pig to get out, I will update this thread to let you know how I got on.

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:36 pm
by coaster
Same happened to me with my special and as suggested above, I knocked out with the crank. If you put a bolt in the end of the crank then you may not damage the crank in the process. I was going to use a GP crank so wasn't bothered.

Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:47 pm
by Fruitjuice
Saw down a piece of hard wood (not IKEA-'planking') so it fits snug between the crank halves and put a bolt in the driveside of the crank threads.
Boil a couple of liters of water and pour over the crank housing and immediatly beat the driveside crank end. You may be able to get it moving like this...

Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:45 am
by rosscla
Now you knackered the mag housing you could try plug tap the original holes bigger size like m8, a lot of heat ...nothing to loose


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Re: Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:34 am
by netweasel
What would I do? I would tap a few new M6 holes, or use M6 Time-Sert inserts in the old stripped holes, then use this tool to remove the mag flange:
http://jet200.com/catalog/product_info. ... ts_id=1572
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Heating the actual case around where the mag-flange fits would also be helpful.