SPEEDI SLEEVES
The following article was supplied to me by Paul Wheatley .
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From previous experience of trying to fix oil leaks from the front of the engine and back of the gearbox, I highly recommend fitting Speedi-sleeves.
The front pulley and rear coupling are soft iron and wear quite badly, due to the road grit and oil combining to make grinding paste.
If yours have any sign of a visible wear lip, a new seal might not cure the leak.
The wear sleeves are stainless steel and last almost forever.
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BEFORE ;
Showing wear groove on front pulley:
Photo courtesy of Paul Wheatley
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AFTER ;
(this sleeve, fitted to my car, has done 25,000 miles and what used to be a wear groove is now just polished to a fine finish):
Photo courtesy of Paul Wheatley
The part numbers:
Crank pulley: CR99139
Gearbox output flange: CR99131
Use the standard oil seal with these sleeves.
They are about £20 each, but well worth the expense.
The supplier I used was Acorn Industrial Services Ltd at Rotherham, tel: 01709 789 999
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I received the following info from Pavel Konvalinka from Prague ;
I was inspired by your article about SKF speedi sleeves and interested in buying the SKF CR 99139 for my leaking pulley.
However SKF is quite expansive.
Here is a German equivalent for half the SKF cost.
It comes with a tool for pressing on the shaft.
I made a very simply press from a scrap of breadboard, four nuts M6, washers and two M6 threaded bars.
It works perfectly so you don´t have to worry about damaging the thin sleeve.
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SUPPLIERS
Acorn Industrial services Ltd ,
Midlands Road ,
Rotherham.
Tel: 01709 789 999
Following extract from the Acorn website ;
Acorn stock a full range of Speedi Sleeves available on Next Day delivery -
please contact us for details of prices .
For further information and technical data ,
download the Speedi Sleeve and Wear Sleeve PDF .
{Timing cover pulley sleeve to fit Robin / Rialto / Kitten etc is Part No. CR 99139 }
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Just noticed they have a branch right here in Fife .
Acorn Industrial Services Ltd (Fife)
- Tel: 01592 772 275
- Fax: 01592 773 390
- Email us
- Unit 4C, Newark Road South, Eastfield Industrial Estate, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 4NS
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http://www.skf.com/portal/skf/home/products?maincatalogue=1&lang=en&newlink=4_5_1
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Headquarters and Central Warehouse
Reginald Road, Smethwick ,
West Midlands
B67 5AS
Telephone : 0121 429 8011
Fax : 0121 434 3016
E-mail : sales@barnwell.co.uk
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The next two links were supplied to me by
Manky Monkey Motors forum member "Twisted" (Craig Lynch)
Birchington Road,
Corby,
Northants,
NN17 9RS,
UK
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Halton House
Greenfold Way
Leigh Business Park
WN7 3XJ.
Lancashire
United Kingdom
UK Landline 01942 269 837
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