That was a little nerve-racking

Notrun Owners' Club gearbox DVD:

"Yow kin just run a tap into this bush and then pull it out, or yow kin
bore it out onna lathe".

No suitable size tap to hand, so boring it out it was.

Straightforward enough, but an up-**** would have been a tad spendy. I
just hope I can press the new one in nice and straight.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Swinging arm bushes?


DD

 

If you ever need big taps let me know. I've got metric coarse & fine to M32)

Not the time for a clamp or bolt to move on a faceplate, or the fucking
phone to ring, or a mate to tell you _right in your ear_ that "you really
don't wanna do it like that"

As for pressing the new bush in straight, what about using a mandrel in the
bush mounted in the tailstock to get it started then remove as an assembly
to your new press for final pressing in? I'd do the final reaming in the
lathe though whatever method you use to get the bush in.

Good luck.


JB

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, DDastardly

Gearbox.

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, JB

Noted, ta. I've got a few biggish ones, but none that would just fit
without boring it, so I might as well have bored it, IYSWIM.

I just made a mandrel and pressed the fucker in. I'm used to squeezing a
large stiff thing into a tight hole.

No reaming required, according to Mr Hemmings, and it seems like a
reasonable running fit. The camplate bush is a tad tight, but nothing to
write home about.

<Famous last words mode>

It'll probably free up a bit with some use.

Ta.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

This is as it should be. You being from Yorkshire (rather than God's Own
County, Lancashire) should know this ;>)

JB

 

Fairy nuff.

Yeah, yeah, Oh King Salami!

<crosses fingers>
<drops twiglets>

"it will also brush off when it dries etc..."

JB

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beelzebub

I'm polishing one, even as I type.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

I'l bet he has, I'll bet he has too. And "Snap-On" always seemed a little
too close to "Strap-On" for my tastes.
I'll stick to Britool. Got to fly the flag you see ;>)

JB

 

You sir, are the 'Flashman' of the spanners.

JB

 

Bris Tools?

 

Tools are *always* porn.

JB

 

Eiron says...

They're a cut above the others, but always a bit tight on nuts.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out)
Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details)
Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X x2

 

One trick you can use to get a bush out of a blind hole is to put some oil
into the hole, then slide a close-fitting bit of rod in and clout it with
the adjusting stick.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

Oh aye.

And if Notrun hadn't kindly drilled a perpendicular hole in the shaft to
take the kickstart spring, that might even have worked.

Still, it made an easy place to put the air line for the post-boring
cleanup.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Sounds like the ukrm version of Are You Being Served's line: "It'll ride
up with wear...."

 

Hmm. Refurbing the gear box was on my list of things to do this
winter, had I kept the bike. Sounds beyond my capabilities though!

It's going to be a lovely bike when you've got it all together and
then I'll sulk.

 

It'll be a lovely bike for about ten miles, and then he'll be cursing
it. You're well shot of it, IMHO.

 

It was quite interesting to compare the Notrun side by side with my
Morini - similar vintages but the Morini is just light years ahead in
every way possible.

 

That's not really fair on the Norton - it's not really of a similar
vintage at all, it's just that they were still making them (badly)
thirty years after they should have stopped.

IIRC the CBX is only 3 or 4 years more "modern" than the Morini.
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