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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - The bodge brigade has been at my diff too!

You know when you get that feeling of impending doom, when you realise you are not the first person to tackle a certain job...

Pulled diff this morning to replace sun and planet gear thrusts in order to try to fix a nasty sounding clunk. I was a bit confused when the cross pin was held in with a grub screw.

Turns out whoever was here last completely fubared the cross pin retaining peg, they then left the broken remnants inside and tapped the diff casing to accept a grub screw to hold the broken bits in place.

To make things worse, they damaged the planet gear bearing surface in the process.

I am a bit stuck, I am going to have to gently dremel this flat and just stick with the grub screw solution.

Oh my days!

Malc.

Cross pin with remaining peg.

Malcolm Le Chevalier

Casing damage.

Malcolm Le Chevalier

There must be loads of good s/h diff centres about... Easier and probably cheaper to find another..

Mark.
Mark T Boldry

Wow...its always something!
S

Sheeewwwwaaahhh... yeah

You know retro skate boards are kind of cool .. ; )

That sucks bro... that really sucks...steven nailed it ... its always something and whats really bad ... you still got a good 60 years to go before you can take your last sh*t

hang in there.... mark T is correct a SC unit maybe the way to go at this point

hands across the pond for you buddy

prop

Prop the cow killer

In for a penny in for a pound!

What started as a quick job of replacing the thrusts has turned into a full strip and rebuild.
Malcolm Le Chevalier

This thread was discussed between 27/07/2016 and 28/07/2016

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