I am blessed to have a complete spare parts manual (in English) for my Manurhin - and I am indebted my friends in the Manurhin Scooter Interest Group for these invaluable documents, and so armed with these documents I asked PJ Motorcycle Engineers to supply me with the listed bearings and seals. I was delighted when they said they recognised the part number references, and sure enough they could supply exactly as stated in the spare parts inventory

In the exploded diagram to the right, you can see bearings marked as parts No.16 and No.19.
Part No.16 is identified as a 6303 bearing - and indeed the part I removed was a 6303
But my confusion starts with part No.19.
First of all the parts-list shows 2 alternatives for this bearing - depending on the type of coupling your crankshaft has. This becomes even more complicated as I try to identify the type of coupling - Ive highlighted in blue on the above parts list, the two alternative couplings - and I have no idea what this means (any insight on this would be gratefully received) All I can confirm is that my own crankshaft has a tri-lobe drive (this could be what the list calls 'polygone') on a 15mm dia shaft - which might lead us to identify with Part No.21 - the 15mm dia oil seal (as opposed to Part No.21A - the 17mm dia oil seal)
I did warn that this is all very complex and boring!
So according to the parts list I should expect to have either a 6303 bearing or a 6203 bearing. Curiously, the bearing I removed is neither of these
Regardless of what the parts list says, the actual bearing that I removed from my engine is a 6202. which as can be seen in the photo alongside is very much smaller in diameter than a 6303 or 6203.
(note the 3rd bearing down - the largest diameter one - is the bearing type - 6303 - required for the other side of the crankshaft)
I spent ages scratching my head, checking, cross-checking and measuring and in the end decided that all I could do was simply replace what came out of the engine in spite of what the parts list said.
Fortunately, as I had decided not to replace the transmission bearings (but had bought them anyway), I had a new 6202 bearing (as shown at the top of this photo) so I am all set to get that crankshaft back where it belongs.
I feel slightly anxious.
No comments:
Post a Comment