He Neil,

Yes, cracked at the edge of the spline section. Along one spline root.

I’ve emailed a couple of local vendors, but if you have one…. :-)

Otherwise it’s a weld up and remachine. I suppose that’s possible but not my dream option :-)

Alistair 

> On May 24, 2021, at 1:15 PM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Very interesting Alistair. Kind of a moot question, as answer seems
> obvious, but did the lever crack where arm forms to circle?
> 
> It's unlikely but I may have a spare. I'll look today. But, I bet
> someone here has a spare arm.
> 
> Glad you found the culprit.
> 
> Neil.
> 
>> On 5/24/21, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> I thought the spare was the same . Ended up making a spacer for the slave
>> rod to make the new arm work.
>> 
>> Yes, it was a diesel van arm. Clocks differently on the cross shaft.
> 
>> I crawled under the van and pulled the arm off. Came off way to easily. Yes,
>> it’s cracked. So it had slipped on the splines. Hence the no clutch action.
>> 
> 
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> Neil n
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