Lambretta mag housing nightmare, all help appreciated !

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Its off !

Lots of heat, a bolt in the end of the crank and after a sound beating it finally it came out.

Thanks again guys much appreciated.
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Egger wrote:Its off !

Lots of heat, a bolt in the end of the crank and after a sound beating it finally it came out.

Thanks again guys much appreciated.
Well done that man....now you've done that you have the delight of removing the drive side bearing retaining plate, make sure you have a large. sharp edged screwdriver to hand 8-)
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Or a decent impact driver as the screws can be as much fun as your flywheel housing was !
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bazza3004 wrote:Or a decent impact driver as the screws can be as much fun as your flywheel housing was !
I really like the allen-head oil seal plate screws. Made of incredibly soft metal, which someone has loctited in place.,...just one turn to round the head off!
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I used to do that,

Then I was on the receiving end the other week,
I will never do it again, promise.
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"I really like the allen-head oil seal plate screws. Made of incredibly soft metal, which someone has loctited in place.,...just one turn to round the head off!"

Ha ha had a few of them - nothing worse than opened an engine up and seen them rounded

Not so bad when brand new and you have a decent hex head tool to install and strip - i use a socket attachment not an allen key.

My last two builds i went back to sloted screws (from SR)

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coaster wrote:
Egger wrote:Its off !

Lots of heat, a bolt in the end of the crank and after a sound beating it finally it came out.

Thanks again guys much appreciated.
Well done that man....now you've done that you have the delight of removing the drive side bearing retaining plate, make sure you have a large. sharp edged screwdriver to hand 8-)
:shock: Been staring at it for the last 20 mins wondering why I put myself through it !
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Egger wrote:
coaster wrote:
Egger wrote:Its off !

Lots of heat, a bolt in the end of the crank and after a sound beating it finally it came out.

Thanks again guys much appreciated.
Well done that man....now you've done that you have the delight of removing the drive side bearing retaining plate, make sure you have a large. sharp edged screwdriver to hand 8-)
:shock: Been staring at it for the last 20 mins wondering why I put myself through it !
cos its like a tall mountain innit " cos its there....."

If you use an Impact screwdriver thingy, make sure its body is not touching the inside of the mag housing area as you wack it- if it is touching its possible to put a burr or a slight indentation therein, which means a pig of a job getting the mag housing off again- I speak from bitter experience.....!

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bristolmod wrote:
If you use an Impact screwdriver thingy, make sure its body is not touching the inside of the mag housing area as you wack it- if it is touching its possible to put a burr or a slight indentation therein, which means a pig of a job getting the mag housing off again- I speak from bitter experience.....!

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