A10 gearbox has seized

[Simon]

Guys  I am new to this forum.  I have a Super Rocket which I bought 6 months ago and on which the gearbox seized whilst riding home the other day.

My A10 gearbox has seized and the bushes between the sleeve pinion and the main shaft have disintegrated.  I guess the repair will require regrinds and new size bushes.  Can anyone advise on who could do such work?

May I also please pass on thanks to Beezermacc for a posting 5 years ago about using a bearing puller to remove the clutch centre.  I used a Screw Fix bearing puller which fitted well and worked perfectly on what was appearing an impossible task.

[muskrat]

G'day Simon,  .
Bugga, that made a mess.
I'm sure someone closer to you could suggest an engineering shop. I'd say SRM.

Now get over to Pictures, Stories and Introductions to give us your story.
Cheers

[JulianS]

SRM rebushed my A10 sleeve gear a few years ago, works fine.

You can buy new mainshafts.

Not seen one which got hot like that in over 40 yeays of A10 use. Looks like lack of oil and/or bushes previously replaced with too tight a fit.

[beezermacc]

By far the best bloke I know is Richard Clamp. He'll fix it at a sensible price without going daft and replacing everything it doesn't need! His contact details are on the 'Services' page of our website. https://sites.google.com/site/cheshirebsa/services

[Simon]

Smashing, thanks chaps.  I have just spoken to Richard Clamp and it will bubble wrapped this afternoon and in the post tomorrow morning.

[Triton Thrasher]

Looks like it's been run out of oil.

[Simon]

A good theory, but not the case.  I topped the box up before Christmas, it hardly needed anything, and when  drained it down it was full. 

[Triton Thrasher]

Was the primary chain tight?

[KiwiGF]

I know you are sending the box away, but this failure happened to me and was easily fixed. I doubt the shaft will be damaged as they seem to be made out of kryptonite! Original One's at least. One of my older posts covers the fix, and use of a brake cylinder hone to hone the new bushes to size.

if heavy grade oil was used in the box  that might be a root cause of the failure

as prior post too close a clearance will defininately cause a failure as will bushes spinning in the sleeve gear and/or incorrectly drilled oil holes in the bushes

[KiwiGF]

I found a relevant thread, note the reference to early sleeve gear bush failure!

http://www.a7a10.net/forum/index.php?topic=5202.0

[Tomcat]

Welcome aboard Simon. A seized gearbox can be a nasty thing, hoping there was no damage to the rider or the motorcycle. If I may offer some advice, grab one of these nuts for the sleeve gear from SRM. I have one on the Super Rocket and it works so well that I have to lube the drive chain! http://www.shop.srmclassicbikes.com/product/gearbox-sprocket-nut-oil-seal-bsa-pre-unit-swingarm-models
Cheers Peter

[Simon]

Gents

Thanks for your comments, advice and past threads.
The primary chain tension was correct but I am unsure of which grade oil was in the box.  Anyway its now on its way to be fixed.

[BSA_54A10]

Originan bushes has a hole in the middle which held oil.
latter bushes are a little shorter so get fitted with a gap between them again to provide an oil reseviour.
The only failures I have seen reciently was where the owner butted up tow bushes without leaving the gap and the bush ran dry.