It's from a 600cc M33 that I sold to a friend about 15 years ago or more....He doesn't drive it particularly hard though, he just likes the stronger bottom end and mid range for his trip to work etc.....
The fact is, I suppose, that stressed parts don't last for ever as we tend to think they will...Much of what we are using is well beyond its designed lifespan after all....Ian
I was very interested to see this as after 60 years of messing about with BSA gearboxes of various types this is the first time I have seen a major disaster with an M series box. I have seen several very worn gearboxes with bad bearings particularly the sleeve gear bearing and others with a lot of metal bits floating around in them But never any thing like this and I have always said that the M series box despite being slow with its gearchange was a wonderful thing (and the clutch too ) to have put up with what they were subjected to during the war. Very interesting. Regards to all from Dave Barry.
