18-06-13, 10:55 AM
Alan-The gear pedal sits on the footpeg shoulder and is provided with a thin wave washer inboard to take up end float. However due to lack of lubrication the hole in the pedal had worn slightly oval causing allowing lateral movement of pedal instead of pure up & down, leading to sloppy gear changes.
My engineering friend bored out the hole to a larger diameter & installed a soft metal bush-which is a nice sliding fit on shaft. The wave washer had disintegrated so we took up end float with a suitable plain washer of the correct thickness. Sounds complicated but quite easy for someone with a lathe/pillar drill!
My engineering friend bored out the hole to a larger diameter & installed a soft metal bush-which is a nice sliding fit on shaft. The wave washer had disintegrated so we took up end float with a suitable plain washer of the correct thickness. Sounds complicated but quite easy for someone with a lathe/pillar drill!