Quaife 5 speed gearbox
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Ernie
I was thinking of purchasing one of these clusters off John Surtees, not sure why I feel the need as the standard 4 gears have served me well over 50 years, but you know how it is, there is always a need to fiddle with things, so what are your impressions once you overcame the initial problems, what is different in your 2 pdf files, apart from one having the bevel gear fitted and the other not I am struggling to see the difference. Would be nice to know before I part with £1740.00!
I was thinking of purchasing one of these clusters off John Surtees, not sure why I feel the need as the standard 4 gears have served me well over 50 years, but you know how it is, there is always a need to fiddle with things, so what are your impressions once you overcame the initial problems, what is different in your 2 pdf files, apart from one having the bevel gear fitted and the other not I am struggling to see the difference. Would be nice to know before I part with £1740.00!
I think in the picture with the bevel gear fitted the track just to the right of the gear looks to have been modified to give a more pointed shape.
Ah yes, I see it now, bit like one of those quizzes we used to get in newspapers, spot 10 differences in these two pictures.
If you search "quaife", this http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/index.php?threads/quaife-surtees-overshifting.6967/ and other threads come up that might have some ideas.
Re Ernie's second point, wasn't there supposed to be a small circular bush that fits on the post of the G49 to limit travel, to prevent over shifting..........?
Hi Ernie, i'm just fitting one of these clusters to my bike and thought i would look at problems people have had
as i find mine very hard to change between the gears and don't see the selector being able to do it.
Any advice would be appreciated. Dave
Is this on a bike that is running or are you still trying to assemble the box.........?
Still trying to assemble