Scooterotica

I am rebuilding an early (1979) P"E gearbox and I have forgotten the correct way to rebuild the box, can someone tell me the right side of the gear cogs to offer up to the layshaft please. The pictures in the Haynes manual are not very clear and I don't want to rebuild the box and then find false neutrals..!

I'll mark them for next time...!

steeley pm your email address and i`ll photograph one this afternoon for you - i`ve got a complete box built and will take it apart you you can see

obviously the small one first on the shaft u want the raised ridge faceing towards the selector rod end of the lay shaft on the first second and third gears then the fourth gear has the flat edged faceing the rod end then yer shim then yer circlip!

when you take a gearset off a shaft, cable tie it together in the order it came off, shims included. makes it easy to put back together months later.

goldeneye wrote:when you take a gearset off a shaft, cable tie it together in the order it came off, shims included. makes it easy to put back together months later.

thats always a good idea and one that also applies to lambrettas ...thing is ...just be aware that they could have been in the wrong way initially

Actually, I'm building up a T5 engine, but I suppose the order of loose gears - or more specifically which way up they go - is very similarto a P2E

In any event, as I am a complete muppet on Vespa engine rebuilds would one of our resident Vespa experts please explain which way up the loose gears go onto the layshaft - yes, I forgot to cable tie them all together - as reading this thread has left me even more confused??

Obviously, the order is obvious, but I don't want to go closing the casing up, only to find I've put the loose gears in the wrong way up and can't select any gears!!!

I think I've worked out 4th gear, with the dished side facing rear hub, so assuminng that's correct, what about the others??

Please help!!!

Thanks, Tom