Much Improved Clutch Operation

 

New Gearbox

 My new hoist made removing and re-fitting the engine easy, I should have bought one years ago, You can just see the gearbox in the top pic it's between the altinator  and output spline, I'm hoping for a smoother gear change, haha not likely!! 

New Gearbox/engine in and out.

 

Selector mechanisim look Fine

 The selector mechanism looks really good, I can't see and wear.

Gear select mech.

 

Schmicko

 

Hoist Helped a lot

 

Engine Out with new Hoist

 

Let's take out the engine

Time to fix faulty Gear Box

Stuff removed to get to engine.
 

New Drive Shaft made and installed

I purchased some new 2" drive shaft tube and welded my fitting into it, it runs true without any vibration so it's all good now.

Flood Damaged Drive Shaft Repair

 

Action Camera Fitted

 I fitted a cheep Action Camera to just in front and to the left of the motor, hopefully it picks up engine noise, funny thing about action cameras everything looks like slow motion, even at 100kph which feels like 150kph  it looks more like 50kph on play back.

Action Camera

 

New Clutch Master Cyl plumbed.

 

Pedal to Cyl push rod

 

Bigger Better Clutch Master Cyl and mount

 

All Dressed and ready to drive

 

A Total Re-wire was necessary after flood damage

 

Ready for Re-wire

 

High and Dry

 I have further flood protected the trike with a decent workshop jack to lift the rear wheel, see pics.

Mini Car Hoist

 

At Last some Bling

 

Flood Water Stuck the clutch Plates Together

One thing I didn't count on was stuck clutch plates, removing the clutch basket takes a good 1/2 day and a rattle gun to undo a 30mm very tight nut inside the basket then the plates can be removed.

All the plates were stuck together but once removed were in good condition with just a shadow on the steel plates where the friction disks were, so after a clean up and a light rub with 1200 wet and dry paper and back they went.

There are two guide pulleys in the serpentine toothed belt, one is spring loaded and also locked with a bolt, this roller/pulley hissed loudly and feels rough too so will be replaced when Honda feels like delivering one.

 

Stuck Clutch Plates

 

Gear Shift Thru Floor

 

New 85 mm Tacho

 Today I cut a 86mm round hole over a 50mm hole, I bridged the smaller hole with piece of 1/8th" flat bar with a hole for the the hole saw guide bit.

New 85 mm Tacho

 

Reverse Gear Rear Lamp

 

Gear Shft Finished so time to Test it

 

Gear Stck and Underfloor

 

Gear shift lever & Cable to Motor lever

 

Gear Shift Cable Installation

 

Push Pull Cable

 I saw on a Tripod Reverse Trike that his gear shift was transferred from the gear lever to the gearbox shift on the opposite side of the motor so I investigated.

I had experience with outboard motor engine control cables and figured a 4' push pull cable would easily shift gears on my Honda ST1100 motor which on my trike is no easy matter, however I can mount the cable under the floor pan with a graceful bend  or two from the centre gear shift thru 90 deg to the gearbox shift,

I will start fabricating a new gear lever directly, see pic under for cable stats.

New Gear shift cable

 

Full Frontal

 

A Bit More Bling