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That's nothing. I've got one in at the minute that's already been rebuilt by a legendary specialist - and he didn't bother putting the shim in to preload the input shaft (twin taper bearing box on the shafts). What a flat out pen15.
You need the proper socket to undo the nut and there's a shim that the bearing sits on. You'll never get the bearing race out and you have to re-shim the bearing to get the correct preload on the bearing.
To do it properly it's a box out and full strip down.
If you've got noisy bearings it'll...
That'll be from all the s**t that's passed through it.
Yeah I was quite surprised when it came apart tbh. It's damaged the input shaft bearing to the point that I'm amazed the rollers were still in place! If that had let go, the box would've been scrap. On the mainshaft, the part that the...
It'll be the spokes and inner part of the rim that will potentially cause you a headache mate. Look at the pics of my superleggeras and you'll see what I'm on about. Et37 for reference as well.
Was that video done with a potato? Lol! I reckon it's the white plastic bush at the box end mate. You need the car up in the air and someone moving the gearstick whilst you look at the linkage itself.
It's something I stumbled upon the net mate when I was looking for something else.
Be quite easy to make something similar for a Clio, but tbh I don't know if it's necessary. Are you building a stage car? Not much point for just circuit work imo.