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[Norm]

Super Meteor riding along today and just lost drive. Through the inspection hole primary chain looks ok, rear chain is ok. Bike in gear, try kicking and mainshaft sleve is obviously ok. Clutch cable hasn't gone slack so that indicates the clutch hub nut hasn't come loose and even if this were the case the clutch would still have tension on the plates. Kickstarter kicks through with no resistance. My guess is mainshaft.If it was layshaft the gears wouldn't shift through. I'll pull it down tomorrow and let you know but if anybody wants to guess go ahead.

[Mark M]

I had a similar problem on a Club run on my 1953 Meteor when the clutch spring posts pulled out of the clutch basket. The originals were only peened into place, a trip to my local serious welder sorted it out. Just one possibility!
REgards, Mark

[Gwilly]

I'll talk it through Norm just for the hell of it…

Lay shaft would lose 1st 2nd and 3rd gear..

Kick start and 4th would be ok. try kicking in 4th.. should turn rear wheel and motor..

Busted main shaft unlikely. A solid piece of metal over engineered for what it deals with..

So that leaves main shaft turning, but no drive through clutch..

Clutch cable and tension still feels the same so maybe the seven rivets that hold the rear friction pad in the rear clutch drum have given up..

maybe even the pad itself has crumbled but i would expect cable slack with that..

Take it theres no unusual noise from box.. Start with the clutch drum Norm its nearly as old as Alan R .. cheers gwilly..

[Norm]

Take it easy with this age thing Gwilly this clutch is out of my Inter and I was in the army when my Inter was built in 65 and I welded those pins in several years ago. I doubt they would have come apart but if they had the cable would have gone slack

[Gwilly]

Now thats sneaky, thought you had a meteor clutch with the rivets.. Inter has bonded corks times eight on the drum??

Modified so bets are off, as insurance would say..

Have to wait and see...

[Norm]

Mark, you get the cookies this time, clutch hub was sitting too far back on the shaft and the heads of the oil seal studs had been rubbing on the inside of the hub and worn the welds away. Once I removed the outer primary the cable went slack because it was hard up against the outer primary

[Norm]

And the next interesting problem will be trying to get the studs holding the seal undone to replace the seal because there is virtually no head left but as it isn't leaking that can wait till another day

[Paul M H]

Norm to get the worn studs out you use the same method as you would a broken bolt drill hole in centrer of stud or bolt then use what's called a (ease it out) it screws in the opposite direction to normal so as you tighten it eases out the broken bolt or stud.

[Norm]

Thanks Paul, it is all back together and back on the road so ended up an easy fix

[Alan R]

------------- and not a single reaction from OLD farty-bags...How did he manage that then ??