Saturday, 31 January 2009

Parts!

Here's some of the parts I've bought for the engine rebuild.



You can see a gasket set, oil seal set, large engine mounts, long engine mount bar, clutch discs and plates, chain guides, shims, o-rings, nuts and bolts and the rear bearing. For a lot of these parts I would normally nip round the corner to my local scooter shop Fanatic Scooters but I chose to rebuild my engine in the month of the year that they close! So I used MB Developments (or www.lambrettaspares.com) and Scooter Restorations. MB's delivery is speedy and efficient, but Scooter Restorations closed over the Christmas period and then they were let down by FedEx's glacial service, so my stuff took 18 days to arrive. On the plus side they did give me a nice free mug, and my orders since have been very quick.

For the end plate gear cluster bearing (6004 SKF), the drive-side bearing (6305 SKF) and the flywheel-side crankshaft bearing (NU205 ECP SKF Roller Bearing) I went to bearingboys.co.uk, where I saved myself a good few quid instead of using the lambretta specialists. There are lots of direct bearing suppliers on the web so it's worth shopping around.


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