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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/09/2014 : 17:11:47
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Jon,
It seems to be a well tried and proven technique to weld up and recut the splines on the input shaft. I say "well tried and proven" because having had to have this done done less than 1500 miles ago, my input shaft was, once again, knackered as you can see.
The first time it happened, the clutch plate spines were also wrecked but this time, despite the damage to the input shaft actually being greater, the clutch splines are OK! However while the previous clutch plate was one of the generally available new ones, the one currently in the car is what one might call NOS and was sourced privately for me.
I have been told by several people that, counter-intuitively, in such circumstances it is the harder material that wears the most! On that basis the NOS clutch plate must be softer than the current replacement ones, yet the people who rewelded the input shaft said they'd do it using a harder material. Make of that what you will. Time will tell if they got it right this time or not.
Simon J
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Edited by - Simon Johnston on 17/09/2014 17:13:49 |
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