Hello Bargos, Engineering co said that to put in a reasonable sized bush would take too much out of centre of cog, so weakening that part. Couldn't do it with any guarantee of whole thing collapsing. However I've bought a secondhand one from tony in leeds whos advertising the frame for sale - dont k...

Hmmmm...that would be somewhat annoying!! Lets be sure we're talking about the same thing. I have wear to the needle roller bearings that the whole clutch spins on, and so consequently wear to both the top hat section sleeve/bush at the back, and this is the expensive bit - wear to the inside of the...

I'd be interested to hear how you got on with it as I've just stripped a friends clutch to find the source of an odd noise that sounded like mains but wasn't. (cos they've been done). Turned out to be wear in the 2 needle roller bearings and the inside of the clutch centre cog that they run in. Leis...

Thanks very much for the reply mate, I'll let you know how it goes! I have an exploded parts diagram to follow your instructions with and they do seem to make complete sense!! Nice to know where to expect problems as well, rather than the Haynes manual \"simply remove the old bearing\" line.

Hi, Wondered if anyone had any advice on replacing balance shaft. Is it just a bearing or bush or do you replace whole shaft? Can it be done without splitting cases?? etc.etc. thanks very much for any info given. When I did the fork seals I found some step by step instructions that were spot on. I h...

My mk2 has the stainless guards from LT. I took them off the other day to clean behind them and was delighted to find they'd rubbed on the frame bad enough to remove all the paint behind leaving the steel exposed which was rusting nicely! If you do get them I'd advise backing them with some gaffa ta...