Tuesday, 23 October 2012

M45 Supercharger PTO Gears Destroyed and Seized

Right, now that the back end of the M45 supercharger has been removed; we are going to inspect it thoroughly. Outcome is not good; looks like the gear will have to be discarded and a completely new one manufactured. No one sells these gears! The fork gear in the back plate that drives the water pump is completely seized. We will worry about that later though.
 The picture below shows the seized fork gears. So bad in fact they don't even turn. Nice!


A thorough bath in penetrating oil for 72hours will aid in the disassembly and final cleaning!


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