Author Topic: Anyone seen one of these? (breather pinion)  (Read 3591 times)

Offline unclemeat

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Re: Anyone seen one of these? (breather pinion)
« Reply #15 on: 28.11. 2007 19:31 »
Just to comment on bsa-bills query...You said that when you tightened up the nut, the camshaft locked up, well....that could be an after-market woodruf key that is protruding a little more than it should, and is rubbing/pressing on the bronze bush when its all tightened up. I had exactly the same problem, and had to shave a little height and length off the key. It is still a snug fit in both shaft and pinion with plenty of land to engage, but now the nut can be fully tight with no locking up of the shaft.
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Re: Anyone seen one of these? (breather pinion)
« Reply #16 on: 28.11. 2007 22:03 »

Now there's something I must check Unclemeat while the engine is still on the bench

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Re: Anyone seen one of these? (breather pinion)
« Reply #17 on: 21.07. 2008 17:07 »
...You said that when you tightened up the nut, the camshaft locked up...

Had the same problem:
the place that the camshaft driving pinion 'rest' up agains on the camshaft
was 'lower' than the bronze bushing,
, and the woodruff touched the bushing as well.
 (you can see on the pic that I've filed down the end 'pointing' away.)




There was obvious scrape-marks on the pinion
and I has a friend remove a bit (more) material (of cause not right around the hole)
so it would run freely after being tightend up fully.



I thougth that perhaps it was because I
installed a new camshaft (from SRM) that was ever so slightly different in that place.