Andy 105 1 Cars Posted April 15, 2018 Technical query. I tried to do the last , easy job on my be3 Mi16 box rebuild, and install the clutch fork and new white bushes. That bit was easy . Now for the problem. Once installed, two things have happened . The first is that the input shaft is not central between the forks. That is, the release pin looks as if it is a bit too high, even though it is seated in the lower bush fully. The second problem is that when I offered up the release bearing , the fork arms are too short for the plastic clips on the bearing to engage on the arms correctly . The release arm cams with the gearbox and had clearly been in there for some time, and the replacement bushes I have are identical to the ones I took out but when I looked on service box, the diagram for the arm for the be 3 box is stepped at the bottom so that the lower bush has a further plastic insert to take up the reduced diameter of the pin. Mine is parallel along it’s entire length and looks like the one fitted in a box mated to a xantia . My box also does not have that large rectangular hole in the bellhousing that a plastic cover fits in to . Any thoughts on this one folks. In the end, I can rob my existing gearbox of the above bits when I remove it , but I wanted to keep that box complete as I fully rebuilt it only , effectively , 6000miles ago and if I sell it, I would prefer to do so as a complete box. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 105 1 Cars Posted April 15, 2018 I have done a bit more reading. No ‘j’ stamped on the top of the pin, so white bushes would seem to be the order of the day. Snag is that with this arm and white bushes, the fingers are not central on the input shaft and too short . It looks like I need an arm with the longer fingers but the puzzle is why the one I have is wrong? Utterly bemused ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites