series 1 pinion bush???

I am about to replace the clutch plate on my 1955 series 1, 2l petrol
engine. I have it all stripped down and am about to reassemble it all.
However the parts book and manual show a small pinion bush part no. 08566. I
don't seem to have this or at least I haven't seen it fall off. What does it
do and where does it go? From the parts diagram it looks like it sits in the
hole in the middle of the flywheel where the end of the primary pinion from
the gearbox protrudes. From the workshop manual it is shown between the
flywheel and crank? The end of the primary pinion doesn't seem to have a
similar diameter to the hole in the flywheel being smaller, does the bush
help support it at the engine end? Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

Tony Boyle

Tony Boyle wrote:
> I am about to replace the clutch plate on my 1955 series 1, 2l petrol
> engine. I have it all stripped down and am about to reassemble it all.
> However the parts book and manual show a small pinion bush part no.
> 08566. I don't seem to have this or at least I haven't seen it fall
> off. What does it do and where does it go? From the parts diagram it
> looks like it sits in the hole in the middle of the flywheel where
> the end of the primary pinion from the gearbox protrudes. From the
> workshop manual it is shown between the flywheel and crank? The end
> of the primary pinion doesn't seem to have a similar diameter to the
> hole in the flywheel being smaller, does the bush help support it at
> the engine end? Any advice would be appreciated.
> Cheers
>
> Tony Boyle

It's a light press fit into the crankshaft, doesn't do a lot of work as it &
the flywheel are only spinning at a different speed to the primary pinion
when the clutch is depressed. The primary pinion fits into it by (from
memory) about 1/2" or so - it's this little thing that requires you to have
a clutch alignment tool when replacing the clutch, otherwise the engine will
never mate with the gearbox.

It's sintered bronze, would be relatively easy to make one up if you have a
lathe and parts not available.
Sometimes, when you withdraw the gearbox this bush will stay on the primary
pinion instead of remaining where it should be on the crank. Ideally, the
replacement is a tight fit that needs to be reamed after fitting.

Karen

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"Tony Boyle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am about to replace the clutch plate on my 1955 series 1, 2l petrol
> engine. I have it all stripped down and am about to reassemble it all.
> However the parts book and manual show a small pinion bush part no. 08566.
I
> don't seem to have this or at least I haven't seen it fall off. What does
it
> do and where does it go? From the parts diagram it looks like it sits in
the
> hole in the middle of the flywheel where the end of the primary pinion
from
> the gearbox protrudes. From the workshop manual it is shown between the
> flywheel and crank? The end of the primary pinion doesn't seem to have a
> similar diameter to the hole in the flywheel being smaller, does the bush
> help support it at the engine end? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony Boyle
>
>
It's an 'Oilite' bush and it's porous and it fits in the end of the crank
and I've got them in stock. If you can't get hold of one mail me, they are
just over a quid and shouldn't cost much to post.

Martin.

In message <[email protected]>
"Tony Boyle" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am about to replace the clutch plate on my 1955 series 1, 2l petrol
> engine. I have it all stripped down and am about to reassemble it all.
> However the parts book and manual show a small pinion bush part no. 08566. I
> don't seem to have this or at least I haven't seen it fall off. What does it
> do and where does it go? From the parts diagram it looks like it sits in the
> hole in the middle of the flywheel where the end of the primary pinion from
> the gearbox protrudes. From the workshop manual it is shown between the
> flywheel and crank? The end of the primary pinion doesn't seem to have a
> similar diameter to the hole in the flywheel being smaller, does the bush
> help support it at the engine end? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony Boyle
>
>

That what's usually referred to as the spigot (pinion) bush - they are
the same on all 4-cylinder engined.

8566L Spigot Bush - Series/2¼D/2¼P/2.5P/2.5D/TD/200/300Tdi/Td5 -

60p inc VAT!

Richard
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beamendsltd wrote:

|| That what's usually referred to as the spigot (pinion) bush - they
|| are the same on all 4-cylinder engined.
||
|| 8566L Spigot Bush - Series/2¼D/2¼P/2.5P/2.5D/TD/200/300Tdi/

Yes, and...

|| Td5 -

Thought that was a triple...

Seriously, that's some use of a single part!

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"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>
> "Tony Boyle" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I am about to replace the clutch plate on my 1955 series 1, 2l petrol
> > engine. I have it all stripped down and am about to reassemble it all.
> > However the parts book and manual show a small pinion bush part no.
08566. I
> > don't seem to have this or at least I haven't seen it fall off. What
does it
> > do and where does it go? From the parts diagram it looks like it sits in
the
> > hole in the middle of the flywheel where the end of the primary pinion
from
> > the gearbox protrudes. From the workshop manual it is shown between the
> > flywheel and crank? The end of the primary pinion doesn't seem to have a
> > similar diameter to the hole in the flywheel being smaller, does the
bush
> > help support it at the engine end? Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Tony Boyle
> >
> >
>
> That what's usually referred to as the spigot (pinion) bush - they are
> the same on all 4-cylinder engined.
>
> 8566L Spigot Bush - Series/2¼D/2¼P/2.5P/2.5D/TD/200/300Tdi/Td5 -
>
> 60p inc VAT!
>
Can't compete with that price, cost me more than that, but I do only sell
genuine parts.

Martin

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"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> beamendsltd wrote:
>
> || That what's usually referred to as the spigot (pinion) bush - they
> || are the same on all 4-cylinder engined.
> ||
> || 8566L Spigot Bush - Series/2¼D/2¼P/2.5P/2.5D/TD/200/300Tdi/
>
> Yes, and...
>
> || Td5 -
>
> Thought that was a triple...

if you mean by-pass when it goes wrong..... ;-)

>
> Seriously, that's some use of a single part!
>

There's a lot of parts go right through - even to Td5's.

Richard
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