STOP!!! Your bike is absolutely spotless. I don't see a drop of oil. Leave it alone. You're making us look bad by the pristine condition of your motor.😀😀😀

@OldBiker

2 жыл бұрын

haha it never goes out if there is the slightest hint of rain, my mates on is even better looking, he has the T140D model

major success on my t140d did the 2a1 set up on my carbs hadnt removed the jet in the bellmouth lol.2 years off pissing about and thats all it was,bike now idles at 1000 rpm which it never did b4,and settles down to a ticker after only 2 minutes or so ..amazing just need a roadtest but pissing down lol.all this time u couldnt write a sketch about it lol.love her to bits most fun bike ive ever owned i was about to do a tiger head conversion lol we shall see but looking promissing.

You could just have used some feeler gauge material or a strip of Mylar (old 35mm photo film) around the o-ring to feed the rubber into the hole. Even chamfer the rocker hole entrance to glide the ring past.

Hi Cliff, yea on the Norton`s you have a hole at the back of the rocker arm and if you put the spindle in with the hole facing inwards so both holes are on the same side you only get oil to the first rocker and the oil floods out of the first rocker hole and the rocker furthest away from the feed pipe gets no oil..!

Nifty little o ring tool, i will have to get one of them👍🏻

@OldBiker

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah John, cheap but a well handy little gem

I'm surprised you needed to file the end of the spindle to fit the guide sleeve. All I had to do when I fitted mine was polish around the end briefly with steel wool, and the sleeve went straight on. I always fit new copper washers to the banjo unions, but you if you don't have them, it would pay to anneal the old washers before reusing them. With the tappet cover gaskets, I cut my own from 1/32" (0.8mm) gasket paper (it's easy to draw around the cover, or an old gasket, as a template). When I fit them I smear a little grease on each side, so they won't stick next time I remove them. If they do start to weep after a while, all you need to do is nip the bolts up a bit to stop it.

@OldBiker

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rick, it looked like the previous owner had hit the ends of the spindles to get them in and in doing so opened them up a bit, there were some marks on the end of the spindle so I'm guessing that's what he or someone did. The tappet covers were all warped so I smoothed them flat using 1500 grit wet n dry on a flat surface, I do have that gasket paper but will use all the existing ones up first. I took a while but I can run the gasket paper through my printer and print off the rocker gaskets exactly the same size now, saves on the tracing ;)

@rickconstant6106

3 жыл бұрын

@@OldBiker I never thought of printing out the gasket outlines, that's something I'll consider. I was lucky with mine, it had only done 1300 miles from new when I bought it and nobody had done anything to it, so I'd only have myself to blame for any abuse it's suffered (it's had its fair share of verbal abuse over the years, but I've always resisted the temptation to take a hammer to it).

cushty ! always good to see no oil weeps anywhere on an engine you've rebuilt yourself. Thought I'd get in quick before I'm No 13 again lol Hey where's the rain ?? we have been half under water the past week in South Somerset . haven't been able to do anything outdoors and I'm dying to fit the carbs and go for a blast .

@OldBiker

3 жыл бұрын

Its raining on and off all the time here at the mo, all the bikes are lined up and ready for riding haha

Merci. ✌️

I'm putting some new rocker box spindle seals on a 78 Bonnie I picked up recently. The end of the spindle didn't fit through the tight end of the tool... same as yours. I was worried that sanding it or filing it down might create a leak somehow but I think i'll try. Otherwise I can't use the tool.

bit off black rtv high temperature silicone as well helps.

Is it best to leave a mm or so of the spindle (the o-ring end) sticking out, or should it be totally flush with the rocker box? I've seen a few where that spindle is knocked all the way in, making it totally flush and others that leave a mm or so proud of the rocker box. Maybe it doesn't matter. I don't understand why they don't make the bottom of the tappet more of a round shape... because some of them sit on the valve stems at an angle, so you're only getting the edge of the tappet to make content and measure the clearance with. My 64 TR6 is better about matching up the tappet and the valve stems, they seem to sit a little flatter than my T140.

Loctite MR5922 , takes forever to go off but does with heat

I like your cross tattoo, does it have a meaning? I might have put spindle in a drill chuck, spin it and hold file on it. 6 of 1 half dozen of the other I suppose.

I had a similar problem on the timing cover oil seal slipping the cover over the cam end where the points fit, it was cutting the seal on my Norton so I used a Dremel and then wet and dry on the camshaft end, I do it every time I take the timing covers off now. Cliff do you have to have the oil holes on the spindle facing forwards or backwards like on the Norton`s as it floods the head with oil on Norton`s and they start smoking if they are round the wrong way.

@OldBiker

3 жыл бұрын

Alright Keith nah it don't matter what way around the holes are, they just feed the rockers, the more oil the better lol

@rickconstant6106

Жыл бұрын

For the Triumph, there is another cheap special tool which screws into the end of the cam and expands the seal as it passes over.

Were you able to get the spindle to not turn when tightening the nut, or did it tighten enough despite some turning? I'd like to replace my acorn nuts with some shiny new ones, but I'm worried the spindle will turn and I won't be able to tighten things back up (or get the old nut off). It doesn't seem like there's anything holding the spindle in place to get some torque on.

@OldBiker

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it did turn but I used one of those 18v impact drivers to snug it up, if your just changing the nut it should be fine.

I got a meriden 750. for a bike that looks great, and handles beautifully .. shame the product design (a.k.a. engineering) is so poxy. Particularly dislike the push fit (‘fit’ is a misnomer) exhausts ..and the crumby switchgear. Love riding it .. but spend far too much time effing around with spanners. BMW’s …you just ride!