Today, unable to think of anything else, I revisited the breaker that did me the deal on the gearbox and picked up a gearshift shaft for £15.
Comparing the two side by side there was no difference that I could see apart from the claw on the old one being narrower… measured the gap on the new one and it was 20.0mm, exactly what the gap in the old one was before I gave it a squeeze in the vice.
Anyway, I stuck the new one in and the bike could tell the difference even if I couldn't. It worked. :woot
Bunged it all back together, went for a shakedown run and refuel… and cylinder number 2's exhaust clamp decided to snap. :wall
After a bit of hacksawing and drilling made a 'C' shaped bit of 3mm steel as a temporary clamp. I'll take a gamble on some Kawasaki exhaust clamps I guess (having run out of old Motad ones to modify).
Btw, if anyone else is too tight to buy a clutch holder tool, 30 minutes with a drill and file converts a 3U blanking plate from a 19" rack into a suitable tool that bolts on. The downside is it'll only suit clutches that have the same dimensions, but since this is the first time I've needed one in 30-odd years I may not need another.
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Comparing the two side by side there was no difference that I could see apart from the claw on the old one being narrower… measured the gap on the new one and it was 20.0mm, exactly what the gap in the old one was before I gave it a squeeze in the vice.
Anyway, I stuck the new one in and the bike could tell the difference even if I couldn't. It worked. :woot
Bunged it all back together, went for a shakedown run and refuel… and cylinder number 2's exhaust clamp decided to snap. :wall
After a bit of hacksawing and drilling made a 'C' shaped bit of 3mm steel as a temporary clamp. I'll take a gamble on some Kawasaki exhaust clamps I guess (having run out of old Motad ones to modify).
Btw, if anyone else is too tight to buy a clutch holder tool, 30 minutes with a drill and file converts a 3U blanking plate from a 19" rack into a suitable tool that bolts on. The downside is it'll only suit clutches that have the same dimensions, but since this is the first time I've needed one in 30-odd years I may not need another.