Lotus Esprit Series - Drive or Input Shaft; Front End of Gearbox

3. Remove the pin securing the fork to the ball joint and withdraw the fork.
4.
Unscrew the fork hll pin and remove.
L
To Replace
1.
Reverse the dismantling and removal procedures for the clukh bellhousing.
Seal the matfng faces with "SilasticJ'. Tightan all boltn to tpwlfid torque.
Fig.3 Front end of gearbox
To Remove
I
1. Remove the clutch bellhouaing as prevlouxly described. b
2. Remove the tube enclosing the input shaft t-ether with the two '0' rlws.
The tube rhwld pull out from the oil return flange, but may come away
athrrched to the flange.
3.
Rernow the oil return flange.
4.
Remove the clrcllp retaining the front part of the Input shaft In the primary
shaft. Take core not to loose the
spring between the lnput haft and primary
shaft.
If the ctrcllp la very difficult to remove and further dlunontllng in
Intended, then remove lnput shaft attached to the primary shaft. It will be
earler to remove the circlip on the bench
ESPRIT
Issue w/78