adaptor on end of final drive

[I Rea]

on the GB gearbox there is a large bush/bearing that forms a bearing for the clutch are all these bushes/adaptors the same on all gearboxes. Any help appreciated.

[Roger Gwynn]

All Ariel gearboxes yes, no other maker used the needle roller clutch bearing.

[I Rea]

Hi thanks

[nevhunter]

The rollers are a "funny" size and fit in staggered slots in the Bush which acts as a cage . Nev

[Roger Gwynn]

Staggered from 1937 but in 1936 they were all central. I was excited when someone at work gave me a 1936 cage as it resolved that often asked question as to why the cage had a -37 number when all the other parts are -36. Note excited, not sad.

[Vincent.vanGinneke]

Please do restrain yourself Roger

[paul.jameson]

See below the roller cage from my 1936 LG. Note that the rollers are all at one end, rather than in the middle, as suggested by Roger. The clutch basket on the 1936 LG does not have the band round the outside, something that is missing in the catalogue illustrations for 1936 as well. Clearly, Ariel had teething troubles with the new clutch. Incidentally, my LG left the factory on 26.11.35 so is a fairly early example of a 1936 bike. If the troubles with the clutch had become apparent by November 1935, you would, of course, use up the unsatisfactory parts on the bottom of the range machine (the LG), wouldn't you?

[nevhunter]

My first Road bike was a 1936 RH 350 I had no trouble with it at all and put a fully enclosed W/NG Head on it. No one worried about authenticity, then. The way the rear wheel hit the Bumps was authentic.Nev