I'm looking for the impossible [Archive]

anebv8

8th November 2012, 18:04

hey peeps, a mate of mine is on the hunt for a rear (rare :clap:) wheel for a 1955 Matchless 500cc G9. We took our bikes out on Sunday and his speedo part unwound itself hard up onto the locking nut and stripped the thread off.
Are there any out there?

jellywrestler

8th November 2012, 18:11

hey peeps, a mate of mine is on the hunt for a rear (rare :clap:) wheel for a 1955 Matchless 500cc G9. We took our bikes out on Sunday and his speedo part unwound itself hard up onto the locking nut and stripped the thread off.
Are there any out there?
piccies please

anebv8

8th November 2012, 18:26

piccies please

will get him to snap some,will post tomorrow

ellipsis

8th November 2012, 23:10

...not impossible in the least...you may have to dig deeper than in the thin skin of KB though...

anebv8

9th November 2012, 04:30

...not impossible in the least...you may have to dig deeper than in the thin skin of KB though...

yeah mate,he's searching too,just thought I'd give KB a shot too, not many people wanna part with just a wheel,they want to keep them for spares

Paul in NZ

9th November 2012, 04:54

This would be a good place to start...

http://www.jampot.co.nz/

Grumph

9th November 2012, 05:22

hey peeps, a mate of mine is on the hunt for a rear (rare :clap:) wheel for a 1955 Matchless 500cc G9. We took our bikes out on Sunday and his speedo part unwound itself hard up onto the locking nut and stripped the thread off.
Are there any out there?

Firstly, I'd be surprised if the stripped part is actually a part of the hub, more likely in my experience to be a separate piece.
Secondly, even if it is, I'm sure the thread area can be built up and remachined.

there are a lot of very clever engineers around ChCH who I'm sure can sort this one out.

anebv8

9th November 2012, 20:31

Firstly, I'd be surprised if the stripped part is actually a part of the hub, more likely in my experience to be a separate piece.
Secondly, even if it is, I'm sure the thread area can be built up and remachined.

there are a lot of very clever engineers around ChCH who I'm sure can sort this one out.

I suggested to him someone should be able to tap n dye the thread but he's still after a rear wheel, will see if I can get some photos to load

anebv8

9th November 2012, 20:32

This would be a good place to start...

http://www.jampot.co.nz/

mint looking site,thanks for that :niceone: