Grumpy225 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:01 pm
I want to say Sticky's book covers it in pretty good detail. The good part is the gears will show you pretty quick when something is installed backwards.
Your cat is shedding on your gear box.
bloomin lazy cats
Actually Grumpy ,....speaking as a Lambretta engine rebuild novice , I would say that there are some aspects to Stickys book that could definitely do with some improvement and updating imo. You are assessing Stickys as an experienced engine builder so you will not be seeing any omissions or ambiguities because your experience will fill in the gaps . Your mind can create an accurate visual map of the parts of a particular component and how it all fits together etc from your extensive experience.. A novice cannot do that.
The problem for complete novices is this .
When you are a complete noob to something,( like rebuilding an engine gearbox,) you might even never have dismantled one... so you have
absolutely no idea how the thing comes apart or how it goes back together or what parts are needed. if you have bought a spare crankcase, as many of us do ,you may need to buy every single thing that needs to go into that case from scratch so you need parts lists and clear exploded diagrams showing how things go together .
This is where a workshop manual like Stickys is so invaluable, however ..... it should never assume anything . To be effective it should be absolutely clear and leave no ambiguities and this is where in my opinion some aspects of Stickys manual could do with some improvement.
If someone has built an engine gearbox before it would thereafter be almost impossible to imagine how difficult it is for a complete novice to do this for the first time armed only with perhaps Stickys manual and some very poor quality exploded views on the net that are impossible to make out small parts .
Let me give a simple example.
How many experienced builders can list the exact number of parts to a gear selector shaft, fork and tie rod arm ? thats everything from the selector fork guide pads to the link arm. ?
Its one of the very first components to be fitted in the Sticky guide but you show me where it clearly shows the parts involved and exactly how they are assembled into the case.
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