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Dear Ken, I spoke with a friend at Vespa Club last night here in Verona. He thinks that the problem might be the fact that the crankshaft is crooked. According to him, the shaft is not working straight but is doing an eccentric rotation. Please see the burnt lines in the middle of the shaft in the p...

Dear Ken, thank you for your answer it seems strange that they didn't notice it at Piaggio (they said they disassembled all the components of the friction) I will s I live in Verona so i'm like 225 km away from Prato, I don't really think that my ape will manage to do the trip (at least for now) :O ...

i forgot to say that the pin broke up again after less than 3 days,
So I'm at the starting point once again.

Dear Ken, I brought my p501 to an official Piaggio Mechanical workshop. They doubled checked all the clutch components and confirmed there is nothing wrong with that including the gear behind the clutch. They said the problem was the pressure plate (see pic. attached). So i found a replacement wich ...

Dear Ken, hopefully we managed to find a professional mechanic to take care of my p501. Since he will make a full check-up i was thinking that maybe i could upgrade the power a bit with a Polini 220 cc pack. My ape is a P 501 from 1989 (second generation) do you know if the piston pin diameter is 16...

Dear Ken, first of all I want to thank you again for all the help you gave me so far. First we checked the clutch wire again, when the lever was halfway it still didn't pull the wire so it wasn't too tight. There are black marks about halfway up the shaft that the clutch lever touched halfway up the...

Hello Ken,
we have not removed the clutch yet.
We will double check the rallino first as you recommend.
Do you recommend a kit of replacements for the friction for when we take it down?

Thanks a lot,
Elia

Hi Ken, thanks a lot for all the help. I can confirm the distributor has only one o ring where it's supposed to be (see picture attached). In the picture you can see how we made te new bronze tube out of two bronze cylinders. I can add that after changing the rallino and regulated the cable after 2 ...

Hello Ken, unfortunately my p 501 is still causing me some problems. So after a few adjustments the Ape started working fine, -New exhaust (Sito) -New kit rallino frizione (it was completely finished) -New small female pin where the male pin enters in order to let the cam open the points. (P.S. Than...

Thank you very much ken for all the help.
I ordered almost everything a part from the little bronze ring behind the points that i'm not able to find.
Could you help me identifying the replacement?
Do you have a link were i can buy one online?

I attach a picture with the measurements i took.

E.

Hello Ken might be those two the pieces to be replaced? for the base of the pin: https://www.sarrimoto.it/ape/4894-rallino-della-frizione-per-piaggio-ape-mp-e-car-132427.html and for the bronze ring close to the cam this one? https://www.smotol.it/Prodotti/tabid/63/ProdID/1044/CatID/160/language/it-...

Thank you very much Ken! i'm worried that the problem might be worse. I've broken for sure the place where the pin enter in order to make the cum work and i think bot the two bronze cylinders where the two pins stay. I send you two more pictures. For now i ordered only this piece but where can i fin...

Buongiorno a tutti, ho di recente acquistato una bellissima ape p501 del 1989. Sto avendo diversi problemi con le componenti legate al piattello porta ruttore. Dopo aver regolato le puntine e sostituito il condensatore l'ape ha finalmente iniziato ad andare bene ma già il giorno successivo si è spen...