Category Archives: Diff

Sabre Tooth

So with only half a day to work on the Sabre last weekend I’ve only got a small amount of progress to report. Basically, we got the engine  and diff fully aligned   this is always the critical issue because misalignment … Continue reading

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Diff Baking.

Oh!  you’ve just caught me completing a bit of baking .  Andy advised that trying to fit the diff bearings by press fitting them alone would likely end in disaster, so the best approach was to use heat and cold.  … Continue reading

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Pre Season Testing At Snetterton and it’s broken again

So with the car together, well in advance of the season for once it looked like I was going to make the first race of the season.  I even had time for some pre season testing at Snetterton In Late … Continue reading

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So What’s been going on this winter?

After some gentle reminding, and indeed some firm poking with a sharp stick from various readers of this blog I thought I’d do an update and answer the question “What has been going on?”.  Indeed even Tim has been poked … Continue reading

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Reverting back to old Diff

Well after four months of shaking off the disappointment of a season and development cycle wasted , I’ve decide that I do want to race again, and this year I’m going to be ready for the start of the season. … Continue reading

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It Moves!

The car has today, moved forwards and backwards under it’s own steam. Given that I’ve pretty much completely replaced the engine, transmission, clutch & brakes you can imagine the was a pretty big moment. .An added advantage was that at … Continue reading

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More Engine Mounts – 90% there now

Well a day spent in the garage has resulted in the engine mounts being almost completed. I’ve fabbed up the right hand mount. This one I decided to make in a single piece, without the necessity for a central bolt … Continue reading

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The new engine is in …well sort of

The CRB 1000RR is in the chassis, well when I say “in” I really mean “resting in” the chassis. It’s not in any way connected to the chassis but it is within the perimiter of the chassis rails. I started … Continue reading

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