I have a mid fifities ES2 with a laydown gearbox. The gear lever has around 1" floppy free play. This is because of the gap between the return spring cover plate and the spring itself. This gap is unadjustable no matter how strong the spring is. So my question is "Is this normal or am I missing something?" Views welcome! George
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Yes Jonathan - it's the r…
Yes Jonathan - it's the right way round, I understand how the movement works but don't know why I have around 1" free play at the end of the pedal although there is a gap between the spring and the open end of the cover plate. I've now fitted a new spring with no better result. G
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George - did you eventuall…
George - did you eventually find a solution because I'm having exactly the same problems?
stuart
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Hi Stuart - I bought a new…
Hi Stuart - I bought a new spring which didn't seem much different to the old one, took the gear change mechanism apart and cleaned it. Did a slight bit of tweaking of the new spring and it has been relatively OK. I still need to hoik the lever up after each upward (through the gears) gear change to enable the next change to take place but you just get used to doing it. The flop appears to have gone. Hope this helps. George
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The main benefit of the ch…
The main benefit of the change to the 'AMC' box was that it reduced lever travel which helped to compensate for the cheapening of some aspects and the mechanically horrible clutch operation. However, you shouldn't have to be doing a 'double hook' for upward changes on the laydown box.
Could wear on the bronze thrust washer be a factor ? The pre-AMC boxes rely on this to keep mainshaft end-float within bounds.
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What is involved in conver…
What is involved in converting to AMC?
stuart
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The serial number on the g…
The serial number on the gearbox shows that my ES2 is fitted with a Dominator box. Whether this makes any difference I don't know. George
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Don't forget if you chang…
Don't forget if you change to an AMC box you lose the originality of the bike. George
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Originality is not paramou…
Originality is not paramount but riding certainly is. My bike is an ex RAC machine and bought off e-bay. It has been a very expensive and harrowing experience. The gear box is the last bit to be under the spotlight. Every other part of the bike has been worked on - it was rebuilt using all kinds of various bits. Interestingly enough the gearbox was also an early Dominator unit. Now with a standard inner case. I would just like to get it rising again.
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BTW Stuart, whilst having…
BTW Stuart, whilst having a sort out in the garage I found the original spring cover plate so I must have fitted a new one. The original was slightly worn where the spring made contact which would add to the free movement of the gear change lever. I did read somewhere that a dab of welding at the point where the spring would touch the cover plate during a gear change helps as it reduces the clearance between spring and plate. George
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