05-09-2021, 03:56 PM
I know this comes up regularly but I have yet to find an answer that quite does it for me...
How to remove the taper pins from the clutch cross shaft / forks?
I have tried various kinds of walloping with hammers but my latest pair are still stuck fast and gradually peening over.
I would hit harder but worry - perhaps unnecessarily? - about cracking the alloy casing, it being more or less impossible to support the shaft properly/ in isolation from the case.
Heating the base of the forks doesn't seem to make much difference.
Perhaps there's a knack which eludes me?
Any suggestions welcomed. I normally avoid removing these things like the plague, but on this occasion the shaft must come out...
It's an early synchro 4-speed if that makes any odds.
Thanks...
How to remove the taper pins from the clutch cross shaft / forks?
I have tried various kinds of walloping with hammers but my latest pair are still stuck fast and gradually peening over.
I would hit harder but worry - perhaps unnecessarily? - about cracking the alloy casing, it being more or less impossible to support the shaft properly/ in isolation from the case.
Heating the base of the forks doesn't seem to make much difference.
Perhaps there's a knack which eludes me?
Any suggestions welcomed. I normally avoid removing these things like the plague, but on this occasion the shaft must come out...
It's an early synchro 4-speed if that makes any odds.
Thanks...