4 G question

[KCvale]

I'll be here bike jock.

 

[CrazyDan]

That was actually addressed with the re-design of the 2015 4G, the bell is one with shaft now.

Where can I get one of these bells? Bass turds at bicycle-engines.com sold me their old crap overstock tack welded junk instead of this mythological new one I've never seen or heard of.

 

[KCvale]

Where can I get one of these bells? Bass turds at bicycle-engines.com sold me their old crap overstock tack welded junk instead of this mythological new one I've never seen or heard of.

It's not literally all cut out of one piece, it is still welded, just much better weleded than a few years back.

bicycle-engines is tops if you want authentic Skyhawk.

 

[CrazyDan]

Still has just 2 crappy tack welds that lasted all of 3 months. Poor production quality imo...they need to stop welding it and just have the bell bolt to the shaft like every other one I've seen...

 

[Frankenstein]

Well... Expert opinion versus not so expert opinion.. I may have to go with KCvale, I can't understand how he's installed hundreds of these without problems and you have a 100% failure rate...


Something tells me that because it worked for 9 months and then failed, with another sudden failure shortly after somehow has me thinking the the welds aren't the problem...

I mean just looking at them says to me they are welded enough... How's your PTO looking? Just a hair bend can be enough to bend the clutch bell hundreds of times in different directions, more than enough to pry a sheet of steel off a weld bead with time. I'd be looking at how truly centered your shaft is.

 

[Frankenstein]

Could even be your transfer case just isn't sitting square on the motor. Check that too.

 

[CrazyDan]

Eyeballed everything real good and poked around stuff. Engine shaft looks good, clutch still good, bell shaft bearings...hmm...good lil wobble to em. Output gear moves up/down and side to side like 1-1.5mm. Pretty sure this might be the problem...now to figure out which bearings I need.

 

[Frankenstein]

Eyeballed everything real good and poked around stuff. Engine shaft looks good, clutch still good, bell shaft bearings...hmm...good lil wobble to em. Output gear moves up/down and side to side like 1-1.5mm. Pretty sure this might be the problem...now to figure out which bearings I need.

Ask kc he presses them out as a hobby.

 

[CrazyDan]

Looks like i need 2x 6200-2RS bearings.

 

[Frankenstein]

Der'yer go!