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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SKF . COM

http://www.skf.com/portal/skf/home/products?maincatalogue=1&lang=en&newlink=4_5_1

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M Barnwell Services Ltd ,

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)

RS Componets ltd

Birchington Road,

Corby,

Northants,

NN17 9RS,

UK

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Simply Bearings Ltd

Halton House

Greenfold Way

Leigh Business Park

WN7 3XJ.

Lancashire

United Kingdom

UK Landline 01942 269 837

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