Sinfull's classic project and garage blues!

[froggyfrenchman]

Specialskinnylittleopenendspannerstofittheonebolto nyouraircraftengine skinnylittletoolsthatonlyyourNortonneeds !

Ah yes that old gem, Triumph were quite keen on them too, lost count of the times i have come to a screaming stop when working on my '51 Thunderbird because i need a spanner in half width in some wog size that can not be identified by anyone under 70 years old to reach some stupid bolt in a really queer place that some other animal has already started to round off.

Ah the joys of owning a classic

[pete376403]

Rob Nesbitt (Nez) at Classic Classic Cycles Ward St Upper Hutt is a norton guru if you need parts or information

[Elysium]

Any updates on the project?

[Sidewinder]

yeah but wheres all the piss at?

[sinfull]

Any updates on the project?

Nah nothing happened in the shed of late ! Need to get the A into G

yeah but wheres all the piss at?

Im starting to worry about you and that photo man !!! It's popping up far too often for my liking !!!

[allycatz]

[QUOTE=Sidewinder;1129415758]yeah but wheres all the piss at?

Dunno bout the piss but can see where the pies went!!!!

[chanceyy]

and I remember that photo being taken

[Sidewinder]

Im starting to worry about you and that photo man !!! It's popping up far too often for my liking !!!

i think i must be in love with it

[sinfull]

Ok so i've been procastinating after that head bolt beat me, but i have searched and found a few w/w tools to do the job not that the 5/16 fit between the fins, so i had to acquire a bench grinder ugg mmmm tools !!!



Bit of touchy grindy and she just got in there enough to get the bastard grrrrr Jumps up and down with glee !!!





So heads off ! Choice, but aint them push rods an arse lol



Out came a pursuader and we gave them pistons a little tap (while swinging off the crank in different directions) but not being ones to push the issue we gave up and left it to soak !!





Prior to getting that pesky head nut undone, we had whipped the clutch assembly out and found some still damp cluch plates in there ! We even had a go at spinning the motor after removing it, thinking it might have been the clutch seized !!



And pretty bloody grubby too i might add !



But the most unusuall thing was the extra clutch plate ! Surprised the clutch ever worked (properly) the last 4 in there were clutch clutch steel clutch !



But looking at the assembly when its all in the basket it does look like there is one missing but not enough room for a steel and clutch !



We put it down to the belt drive being slightly wider and causing confusion, as it doesn't matter about the space i have my finger on as its all still pushed inward nicely by the pressure plate !
Found that the push rod had been doing some heavy work and was slightly burred so this could be the problem there also !


Anyway ! Thats it for now, i'll be giving it a few days to let that crc soak in and prolly only strip the stator clutch etc off that side pop the motor out and take the thing down to Steve Hunwick to work his magic on !!!!
While i work on things i can handle, like wheel bearings, Head sets, get the forks sorted and a bit of polishing mehhhhh nah fuck the polish i just want it to go not Glow !!!!

[Elysium]

Nice. Keep up the good work.