MaseratiTMC Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 Any advice on a Citroen Transaxle rebuilder on the West Coast? Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 West Coast where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseratiTMC Posted December 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 I'm in San Diego, but anywhere on the West Coast will work. Best Regards, Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeller77 Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 Is Citroen Classics no help or now defunct? SM World was a big loss. A PM to Harry @dsvitesse1 on here might yield who he sends parts to on the west coast. Good luck in your quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 Ahhh . . . West Coast of America . . . never would have guessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseratiTMC Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yes, Jerry was a big loss. Citroen Classics is no help, seems to be doing a limited menu of repairs. I was hoping to find a Lotus expert that rebuilds the transmissions. Best Regards. Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwat Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 6 hours ago, MaseratiTMC said: I was hoping to find a Lotus expert that rebuilds the transmissions. Best Regards. Philip Try posting your question on LotusTalk which is more US centric Quote Cheers, John W http://jonwatkins.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeller77 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Well, if your set on a Lotus specialist, there's always lotuspbc.com in LA and spencersmotorsports.com way up near Santa Rosa. Check out the list on the JAE site or give Jay a call there for other suggestions. Harry @dsvitesse1 may still be good to bounce off of as he would know if there are any subtle differences in the SM application that a Lotus specialist would need to know. Chances are they may already be getting some/most/all of their tranny parts from him. I assume you've already checked out your Maserati sources as the Merak shared the powertrain with the SM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mike.griese Posted December 26, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 I have a Citroen rebuild toolkit I loan out to people in North America that need to have their gearboxes rebuilt or want to do it on their own. The kit comes with an array of shims and spacers for setting up your box if you need to replace any bearings or CWP. Just replace what you use with the parts you take out of your gearbox. You pay shipping and insurance both ways via UPS. I've been thinking about starting a rebuild service, but I'm not sure want to take that much of a step just yet, but if you get desperate... 3 Quote Mike - '83 Esprit Turbo, Turbo St. Tropez, '87 Esprit Turbo (FrankEnSPRIT), '05 Elise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseratiTMC Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Wow, Mike thank you very much, I must just take you up on that. It is out of the car, but I've been on the road for the Holiday, I was thinking about pulling it part just to see if there is anything I can fix. Frankly I don't think there is much wrong with it, but sadly it may have one broken tooth on a gear. If you don't mind a couple of questions... 1) I was told there only two gaskets you need, do people use HondaBond or do you make the gaskets? 2) I was wondering about shims, how do you know what the tolerance is supposed to be? Best Regards, MaseratiTMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike.griese Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 This post was recognized by Bibs! mike.griese was awarded the badge 'Great Support' There are two paper gaskets for the output housings you will want to replace. Order 4 because you will use up a pair setting up the gearbox for the new parts. Compared to any other part, they are less than cheap. As far as shims and spacers go, you don't know what you need until you know what you need. There are spacers for the pinion shaft that set the distance between the top of the pinion to the centerline of the differential. If your CWP is damaged, you will need to replace both the crown wheel and the pinion, as they are lapped together during the manufacturing process and are forever linked - they even have matching identification numbers. This means two dimensions can potentially change - the distance between the top of the pinion to the centerline of the crown wheel, and the placement of the crown wheel with respect to the output housings. Because of the way the gearbox is made, you won't know what you need until you measure the distance from the centerline to the pinion top, set the differential bearings preload, and the backlash between the crown wheel and the pinion. None of this is hard, but it is fussy, repetitive work that requires a certain attention to detail. All of this is detailed in the rebuild instructions (from Lotus and from Citroen) included in the kit. 2 Quote Mike - '83 Esprit Turbo, Turbo St. Tropez, '87 Esprit Turbo (FrankEnSPRIT), '05 Elise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDangerUS Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 On 30/11/2022 at 15:02, MaseratiTMC said: Any advice on a Citroen Transaxle rebuilder on the West Coast? Best Regards, Michael Marrs Automotive in in Santa Clarita, California can do it, including the R&R if necessary. Jean Francois specializes in Citroen. He basically took over after Jerry Hathaway died. https://www.marrsautomotive.com/ Quote MrDangerUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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