Royal Enfield

[seymour14]

Wanted to buy a good Royal Enfield Bullet crankshaft, do not need flywheels, but require oil pump shaft with the crankshaft if available. Good used, or new if available.

Mine is a 1951 350cc Bullet, so the modern Indian Enfield parts are no good as they do not suit.

Price negotiable, I have other early Enfield parts as swaps (Excellent Camshafts etc..). My bike had a terminal conrod moment, so would like to rebuild with original parts if possible.

[Brian d marge]

Hi there
While I don't have any parts for you, sorry I race Enfield's here in Japan and have a bit of experience with them
In my race bike I use a Carrillo rod and the floating bush , yes , the floating bush
The Carrillo rod is quite cheap as the standard rods are lm2 , read Swiss cheese ,,,,
Anyway must dash ..

Stephen

[Grumph]

Save yourself from eventual trouble and put a yamaha rod and big end in the thing....

[seymour14]

Royal Enfield was one of the first bikes to have an aluminium rod.

An expert on them said this was the first time he had heard of a rod letting go on a 350cc Bullet, and Enfield has been around a while!

I think the chap I bought it off just had a dud rod in it, and his "restorer" may not have been everything he thought he was cracked up to be!

[Brian d marge]

Royal Enfield was one of the first bikes to have an aluminium rod.

An expert on them said this was the first time he had heard of a rod letting go on a 350cc Bullet, and Enfield has been around a while!

I think the chap I bought it off just had a dud rod in it, and his "restorer" may not have been everything he thought he was cracked up to be!

Well if the engine is kept as it was designed , and trust me Ive come along a few years later with computers and the original design , it bang on ( NO fat on the numbers )

The rod is LM2 and is fine for the original use , NOT fine for large 525 ad high comp bores

the Yamaha rod , WONT take a 525 piston for any length of time, ( a common mod for the Sr 400 is to use a 600 top the rod WILL fail in fatigue

Though IF you keep the piston weight down its fine for low comp ratio ( the cost of a carrillo is cheap, )

Still doesn’t help u , sorry , . but I love these engines to bit ,

Stephen

ps who was the restorer the enfield community is small and we all know each other !!!

[seymour14]

Well if the engine is kept as it was designed , and trust me Ive come along a few years later with computers and the original design , it bang on ( NO fat on the numbers )

The rod is LM2 and is fine for the original use , NOT fine for large 525 ad high comp bores

the Yamaha rod , WONT take a 525 piston for any length of time, ( a common mod for the Sr 400 is to use a 600 top the rod WILL fail in fatigue

Though IF you keep the piston weight down its fine for low comp ratio ( the cost of a carrillo is cheap, )

Still doesn’t help u , sorry , . but I love these engines to bit ,

Stephen

ps who was the restorer the enfield community is small and we all know each other !!!

I would have to do some delving into paperwork to find out, the bike came from Masterton, and I bought it some years ago now. There are other tell tale aspects of the engine as we pulled it down that gave us suspicion that the "restoration" was a weak one, second hand parts put back in etc... we are doing a full top end replacement/restoration on it.

Don't believe the original work was done by an Enfield enthusiast by a long stretch! I loved the bike at the time, that day will come again I hope.

[Brian d marge]

I would have to do some delving into paperwork to find out, the bike came from Masterton, and I bought it some years ago now. There are other tell tale aspects of the engine as we pulled it down that gave us suspicion that the "restoration" was a weak one, second hand parts put back in etc... we are doing a full top end replacement/restoration on it.

Don't believe the original work was done by an Enfield enthusiast by a long stretch! I loved the bike at the time, that day will come again I hope.

yes, strange as it seems , I like them as well , I dont know why !, the rocker blocks are a stop gap measure , the combustion chamber is horrible , the gearbox is from an old lathe,,,,,,,

but ...

and even the indian built ones have their place ,,,,

Good luck and p-hotos as he progresses !

Stephen