Scooterotica

been working on a mates p2 took primary out to find that the bottom plate had come away from its rivets, so took plates off and springs out to find that springs were in 2 / 3 bits each with a smaller spring through the middle of them , botch job springs to mind , anyway anyone know who sells the plates springs an rivets , tried another primary but bottom / big cog was to big 68 teeth his was 67 , thanks Darren

Pretty sure Beedspeed sell cush drive repair kits. Comes with plates, springs and rivets. I have stripped one of my old P2 motors to find the back plate chewed up and in bits at the bottom of the gearbox. It must have been a pig to ride with the springs all broken..

thanks for that , not sure what it was like to drive , lol my mate was driving it for some time tho

Danger wrote:..with a smaller spring through the middle of them , botch job springs to mind ...

Nope the smaller springs aren't a bodge that's the way they come from the factory:

http://www.scooterhelp.com/tips/engine/ ... vespa.html

sorry i was meaning the way the whole thing was put together , i even broke my vice trying to get the cruciform off lol , now im having trouble getting the rivets out of the primary broke 4 drill bits already an barely made a mark lol, thanks for the pic tho

the repair kits are about a fiver. the 2.5mm drill bits will cost you 20 quid though, as they snap at the mearest hint of pressure. best getting a 2mm punch, and trying that after the heads of the rivets have been ground down. it doesnt matter how good/bad looking the plates are after fitting, as long as they are tight down, and the rivet heads dont catch anything. they are a pain, but easyish if you have a pillar drill. just budget 30 quid for bits, as in parts, and drill bits, and a gasket set, and it"ll be near the mark.

If you centre dot the rivets then use a 6mm drill bit to just drill the heads off leaving the rivet to be punched out you will avoid snapping small bits.Don't worry about damaging the tin plates as the kit has new ones in it and once assembled with the new rivets in place I peen their heads slightly to hold them in place then use a vice to finally crush them flat and tight.

thanks for that, plates are already off an springs are out leaving rivets in place i have done this b4 but that was many years ago an the rivets were alot easier to get out than these ones will buy a punch tomoro an give it a good battering lol

Another thing I should have mentioned is a long punch may bend if the rivets are tight so I have a punch that is only 1cm long after the grip as it won't bend.Once the rivet is out a bit use a vice to twist it out.