Just started to reassemble the engine/gearbox should there be a cover over the end of the starter motor bendix?
There wasn’t one when stripped down and I cannot find any reference to one. It just seems odd to leave a large hole?
S.
Cover over Bendix
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Re: Cover over Bendix
I used to have a 1966 B with that type of starter and there was no cover. If I remember correctly there is a roll pin that holds the Bendix onto the shaft. The roll pin is a weak point.
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Re: Cover over Bendix
Thanks David,
Didn’t think there was but you know that the mind plays tricks!!
Always good to get thing’s confirmed.
Didn’t think there was but you know that the mind plays tricks!!
Always good to get thing’s confirmed.
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Re: Cover over Bendix
Hi Steven
As the hole faces backwards, the muck can't - or shouldn't - get in, and it does allow the bell housing to ventilate and let dust from the clutch plate wear to escape. Also BMC/BL never had enough budget to be able to fund a bung or better to produce a gearbox casing with a bulge cast into it!
Referring also to your thread about putting the engine back into the car, as you have an inertia starter motor you shouldn't have too much of a problem fitting it (as you seem to have done in the picture here) before trying to put the engine back into the car.
Pete
As the hole faces backwards, the muck can't - or shouldn't - get in, and it does allow the bell housing to ventilate and let dust from the clutch plate wear to escape. Also BMC/BL never had enough budget to be able to fund a bung or better to produce a gearbox casing with a bulge cast into it!
Referring also to your thread about putting the engine back into the car, as you have an inertia starter motor you shouldn't have too much of a problem fitting it (as you seem to have done in the picture here) before trying to put the engine back into the car.
Pete
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Re: Cover over Bendix
Thank you Peter, all good information 👍