EXACTLY Kevin. I think you hit it on the head.
I have only bought parts from TRF and BPNW. I sense that they try to do
the right thing and do care about their parts quality and customer
service.
I got my greasable cross shaft from TRF a couple of years ago. The
dimensions were correct in that I could use the spring and had no binding
on the fork/front cover relationship. Next time I pull the transmission
though, I plan on checking the angle of the taper pin bore with reference
to the shaft arm. I have a suspicion that mine was possibly misdrilled
causing incomplete clutch actuation. I don't know when that will be but
I'll report to the lists.
Jay Welch
Cape Cod British Car Club @ http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 08:08:27 -0500 KTnKT <ktnkt@cape.com> writes:
> Hi Don and others,
> Last week I helped out a friend in our local club with his O/D
> conversion project. He got all his parts from Rimmer Bros. The shaft
> was
> drilled incorrectly, as we not only had to do away with the spring
> on
> the end, but I wound up grinding off about 1/16" from the outside of
> the
> aluminum casing to get the extra bit needed to keep the bearing
> from
> binding on the fork. That makes the total mistake on the part of
> "the
> guy who drills cross shafts for a living" about 3/4" or right
> around
> there. Those last three words are probably spoken regularly at most
> manufacturing facilities these days. "I'll just drill the hole
> right
> around there...."
> Where I work we have many very large pieces of pumping equipment.
> Up
> to 75 HP Electric motors, various pumping systems for process
> water,
> heating/cooling water for buildings, seawater, and other
> applications.
> Many of these are as old as the buildings they're in, which could
> be
> 25-30 years. Some still have the original seals and bearings. When
> one
> fails, we rebuild it with the best parts we can find. Very often
> (in
> fact, in MOST cases) the new parts, especially seals, don't last
> more
> than 4 or 5 years. I hate having to replace one of the older
> systems
> with a new one. The quality of products these days just sucks! My
> take
> on this is simply complete greed on the part of the corporate execs
> who
> look only at how much, how fast, when can we sell the company, and
> then
> retire at 49 and to hell with everyone else.......
> Wow, I had no idea this was all going to come out! I think I
> just
> worked up a sweat.
> In any case, be very careful who you buy your parts from, and let
> them
> know if you're dissatisfied with the quality. Ever put new brakes in
> and
> wonder about the quality of THOSE parts????
> I'll go back to the garage now, where I belong............
> Kevin Thompson
> Cape Cod British Car Club
>
> As Don worried, he thought:
> Hmmm.....As I stood here looking at my newly arrived TRF clutch
> cross
> shaft, the bells starting ringing.
>
> ...Now he remembers the horror stories about the miss drilled TRF
> clutch
> cross shaft....
>
> How can I tell if I have a good clutch cross shaft or a bad one? Is
> it
> enough to compare it with the old one, or is the difference not
> readily
> noticeable. The transmission and cross shaft is at the body shop --
> not
> out of reach, but not at my finger tips either.
>
> Don Malling
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