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[alexcrosse]

nah, its always going to be so covered in oil, and also there in no laterally stress, so im going to leave it

you cannot feel ANY scores on the tower atall, its just rubbed on it, itll be okey doke

[Dan]

Well OK. The only other concern I would have about the post is that the bore may have been twisted or distorted. The end of the shaft was at quite an angle and there shouldn't be enough play in the bore to let the shaft do that. Check the fit and tollerance.

[alexcrosse]

yer i will do mate, but it looks like its at a bad angle, i think what happened is it bent then sheared and came out the post. In the picture where i looks like its at 20 degrees or so its not actually inside the tower, lol.

i had a look at the bore, just looks like normal wear but no distortion.

cheers, al

[Matrix]

Look at the bit i have arrowed! it looks like it may have hit something! maybe the previous owner had a bigger nut or a flanged nut on the pedistal at some point seen that before?

Edited by Matrix, 03 July 2008 - 04:13 PM.

[alexcrosse]

either that or its me getting close with a spanner, sure you no how stupidly positioned the nuts are on these rockers, no way to get to them with a socket or spanner. another carp design like every crank sensor bracket on the market... hmmm dont get me started on them =p

[roofless]

if these are the rockers I gave you alex that mark has been present on the rocker since I had them. sorry to see its collapsed, but yes - no guarantees with second hand parts, especially freebies

[alexcrosse]

s'allrite roofless, just send us that morspeed 16v engine and ill borrow that engine =p hehe, nah mate, i dont care, its fixable!

[roofless]

s'allrite roofless, just send us that morspeed 16v engine and ill borrow that engine =p hehe, nah mate, i dont care, its fixable!

if it helps, they came off my 1380 which was a minispares engine package and I was led to believe all the uprated parts came from the same supplier.

the block had been re-stamped with a MS...... code which I was told indicated a minispares origin. could be minisport as well though ?

just get it sorted and I'll buy you a beer at gaydon

[alexcrosse]

im working my tits off, should be done tomoro all the shafts are standard diametre, gonna have another quadruple inspection tomorrow and if i see anything wrong buy a new set of 1.5s tomorrow if i can...

ill be there! and will be looking forward to the beer =p

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Definately not Minispares rockers! Agree with Dan, have you got a pic of that rocker now less its bit of shaft, so we can see the bearing?

[alexcrosse]

what, u want the rocker bearing, or the tower bearing?

[alexcrosse]

looked at the tower, the dont hav bearing do they, but checked the shaft fitment and its poifect! the bearing in the rocker is completely untouched, very very good nick

[lewis]

ouch! what rockers are you planning on purchasing next?

[Rosslin Racing]

its MINISPORT rubbish! I had a set just the same. the rocker shaft broke in six bits the engine landed in the bin! happened on the straight at Djion.
Minisports comment never happened before! I had the shaft checked and they are brittle and the shafts cannot handle it.
I put a minispares shaft and new rocker in and job done BUT i have not used it again.

[alexcrosse]

its MINISPORT rubbish! I had a set just the same. the rocker shaft broke in six bits the engine landed in the bin! happened on the straight at Djion.
Minisports comment never happened before! I had the shaft checked and they are brittle and the shafts cannot handle it.
I put a minispares shaft and new rocker in and job done BUT i have not used it again.

cheers for the comment mate, i think ill just have to put a competition shaft in, due to money. But useful knowledge there

cheers, alex