no drive

[sean brady scooters]

a chap brought in his vespa today ,and told me that it stopped working over a year ago ..since then he has had a few mates looking at it and helping him to find out what the prob was .
his trouble was that when he tried to set off the engine revved but there was no movement in the rear wheel ...
he was advised by numerous mates that it was either a clutch or gearbox prob or both ,and would need a full engine rebuild at least and cos he was a bit strapped for cash and couldnt really afford such work he just left it for a year before bringing it in today .
so ,any guesses folks ?
and just to add ,I got it started and checked out the clutch operation which was fine apart from being slack due to cable adjustment.

[lambro]

I had one once with no drive.
Not one spline left in the rear hub, just spinning away in every gear that was selcted

Am I close??

[sean brady scooters]

lol ,correct answer .

[Juan]

Has the hub ever been replaced and if so was it a FA Italia?

[lambro]

Has the hub ever been replaced and if so was it a FA Italia?

Not sure I looked to be honest Juan.
@ Sean Brady, doesn't it make you wonder how they ride them with the noise it must have been making before it finally shredded every thread

[sean brady scooters]

yes it was a FA italia lol

[weedodger]

iv just replace my rear hub on my series 2, unihub, and my mates gp failed its mot last week..........it was wobblier than a drunken drunk.unihub.

I thought these were the hubs of choice too...?

[Juan]

No idea but FA Italia stuff seems to be some kind of a cottage cheese / chalk compound sprayed silver although I expect that's foodcolouring rather than paint.