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Rubber Blues on my ES2 clutch

Submitted by grant_macneill on Fri, 16/06/2017
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Iâm stuck....Iâve got half of rubbers into the clutch spider with makeshift tools. Managed to press three of them in with a lot of grunt, C clamps and dish soap as a lubricant. As each one was pressed in the ability to compress enough to get the remaining ones in diminishes.

I donât want to risk damage the spider

I canât find anybody locally who has the magic tool; the proper wrench and axle shaft tool for compressing them as pictured in the Norton shop manual.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Iâm thinking of grinding the rubbers down on the belt sander to just a shade oversize. Then I am sure I can fit them if I do that but perhaps they are meant to be really jammed in there overly tight ?

Are they purposely way oversized or are they meant to be shaved down a bit for a more true fit ?

Grant, 1951 ES2 in Toronto

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Submitted by svein_marken on Fri, 16/06/2017

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Hi,put in the 3 biggest first,then you have more rubber to compress. I have done this job and it is not easy at all.Good luck!

Svein.

Submitted by david_cooper on Fri, 16/06/2017

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last time I bought new ones, I asked Les at Russell Motors tot put them in the spider for me.

He vanished for ages and came back with some Anglo Saxon English. About 15 years back I put some in without much difficulty, and about 10 years ago Les did it without complaint. They now seem to be made too big (or too stiff) to fit.

When I took it home I found the spider was proud of the cup and nothing would persuade it to re-assemble.

I took it all apart and cut slivers off each until I could get them in.As Skip says - big ones first.

Submitted by dan_field on Fri, 16/06/2017

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A spare main shaft to put in the vice makes life easier, I didn't have one but made a tool from an old clutch plate and used an old fork stanchion for leverage. I wrapped an old chain around the gearbox sprocket on an old but complete gearbox and clamped it up in the vice so the gearbox wasn't clamped and did as suggested put the big ones in first. It is possible!

Writing as I'm flying over Canada!

Dan

Submitted by grant_macneill on Sat, 17/06/2017

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Previously svein_marken wrote:

Hi,put in the 3 biggest first,then you have more rubber to compress. I have done this job and it is not easy at all.Good luck!

Svein.

thanks Svein

I took your advice and dismantled what I had done and started with the three big ones

2 1/2 beer and some down-east cuss words and I pressed the three little guys in with a c-clamp

So it is do-able without the axle and strap wrench.

I figure it is good for another 65 years ?

Thanks Svein...don't know how I would manage without the NOC

Grant

Submitted by paul_knapp on Sat, 17/06/2017

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I know it is a bit late now, but I fitted the big ones first then smeared rubber grease on the smaller rubbers and also inside the cavity where they were to go. I then was able to easily slide them in place using the end of a piece of broom handle by simple pushing down.Took only a few minutes.

Submitted by grant_macneill on Mon, 19/06/2017

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Previously Paul Knapp wrote:

I know it is a bit late now, but I fitted the big ones first then smeared rubber grease on the smaller rubbers and also inside the cavity where they were to go. I then was able to easily slide them in place using the end of a piece of broom handle by simple pushing down.Took only a few minutes.

Hi Paul.

" Easily slide them in" ??? what kind of broom was that ?

Whitworth or metric ? (grin)

thanks

Grant

Submitted by paul_knapp on Mon, 19/06/2017

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Definitely Whitworth Grant, ......7/8"dia. about 14"long with an over weight14 stone bloke pushing down ontoeach segment. Rubber grease to the rescue again....Wink

 


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