T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

Post by Splant »

Any idea if these are likely to fail anytime soon looks like it's common, others I've seen on ebay have them also.
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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It is hard to be certain without seeing them in the flesh so to speak but those look like casting marks rather than cracks.

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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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Casting marks.
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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Not cracks. Nothing to worry about. Just the way the casting looks.
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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Good, I guess if it lets go it would just rattle about and scrape the clutch cover to warn me and not jam in the gears and seize . Cheers
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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You can't see the 'cracks' penetrate the countersunk part of the hole, so I'll go with majority view on this.
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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Wondering whether to pour some Jb weld around that worse post,might help strengthen it?
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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won't that put it out of balance? just a thought :D
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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dollydog wrote:won't that put it out of balance? just a thought :D
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Wrong or right....that's the first thing that popped into my head.
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Re: T500 stress cracks on inner clutch!

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Like they say nothing but casting marks,
Nothing to worry about.
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