21-09-2019, 04:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-09-2019, 04:38 PM by Nick Turley.)
Hi Tom
What ever the problem is it will not just disappear sadly.
Mr Dunford may have hit the nail on the head, or as is very common with Austin Sevens the levers may not be correctly adjusted.
There are many different ways of adjusting these.
My chosen method is to heat the centre part of the lever <cherry red> and bend, letting it cool fully naturally. You really need acetylene/oxygen for this.
How ever you choose to do it, the tips of the levers need to be 1/4 inch from a straight edge across the bell housing and need to be within a 64th of each other to have a nice clutch.
Even with new levers and repaired slots, they usually need pulling out a bit.
A lot of the reference books have a different measurement but in my personal experience they are wrong.
Hope this is helpful.
What ever the problem is it will not just disappear sadly.
Mr Dunford may have hit the nail on the head, or as is very common with Austin Sevens the levers may not be correctly adjusted.
There are many different ways of adjusting these.
My chosen method is to heat the centre part of the lever <cherry red> and bend, letting it cool fully naturally. You really need acetylene/oxygen for this.
How ever you choose to do it, the tips of the levers need to be 1/4 inch from a straight edge across the bell housing and need to be within a 64th of each other to have a nice clutch.
Even with new levers and repaired slots, they usually need pulling out a bit.
A lot of the reference books have a different measurement but in my personal experience they are wrong.
Hope this is helpful.