30-11-2021, 08:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-11-2021, 08:47 PM by Hedd_Jones.)
Jon
Again just done this
File/grind a lead on the 2nd pin. You can work out how much by peering down the hole with a torch/mirror. Dont go to far up the pin with the lead as it needs to have full diameter at the cotter.
Don't have your springs tight, just have them just looser than a nip as you can waggle them sideways
Mark the spring pins pins with a scribe line where they need to be for the cotter to go in (dry fitted on the bench), against a scribe line on the axle ear.
I find once the second spring is between the axle ears your not usually far away. Lube up the pin and tap it in, the lead will make it self align. It might need a couple of good thumps to get it to go in the axle nearer the hub. If you have the sympathy neccassary for a hammer, you can feel when it is aligning, vs when it has come up to a dead stop (the flat end of the pin is catching the flat side of the axle).
I have on occasion had to put a shifter on the spring to twist it a little. I have choice of 24 of 30inch for this.
today has been a day for fitting interior and replacing the speedo. The balls fell out of the old one some 15years ago. I have been guessing speed since.
Also tried out the new LED rear lamps. I'm not a fan generally of LED, but they are passable behind a red lense. Incandesant everywhere else for me. Corrosion and poor materials had done for the original guts of these lamps.
![[Image: 262592223_10224609049028222_562492778406...e=61AA7C77]](https://scontent.fman6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/262592223_10224609049028222_5624927784064444340_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=deKIyT4P95MAX-TKiwp&_nc_ht=scontent.fman6-1.fna&oh=45ccc469f5742adef054413a58990e57&oe=61AA7C77)
Yes, I know the digits for the mileometer didnt get replaced. I was mightily annoyed. But it was 5 years ago, and it didn't cost a lot of money.
![[Image: 262789580_10224609049428232_385791145708...e=61AB4239]](https://scontent.fman6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/262789580_10224609049428232_3857911457087451603_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=oNFAFlA_4uoAX-o2-FE&_nc_ht=scontent.fman6-1.fna&oh=40c48b9c38387e6cd23d84b705304318&oe=61AB4239)
I do have rebuilt with new chrome SM5 and oil gauge. I might fit them, but then I might not. No rechromed clock though.
![[Image: 262903003_10224609049788241_574733484851...e=61ABAB1E]](https://scontent.fman6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/262903003_10224609049788241_5747334848511574801_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=URUgzw3rQCMAX9TGlTB&_nc_ht=scontent.fman6-1.fna&oh=f27c90f36ac1e054f845985565c953bf&oe=61ABAB1E)
also swapped out the dicky stop light switch. Now all the rear lights work
https://www.facebook.com/1069529276/vide...7234663326
Again just done this
File/grind a lead on the 2nd pin. You can work out how much by peering down the hole with a torch/mirror. Dont go to far up the pin with the lead as it needs to have full diameter at the cotter.
Don't have your springs tight, just have them just looser than a nip as you can waggle them sideways
Mark the spring pins pins with a scribe line where they need to be for the cotter to go in (dry fitted on the bench), against a scribe line on the axle ear.
I find once the second spring is between the axle ears your not usually far away. Lube up the pin and tap it in, the lead will make it self align. It might need a couple of good thumps to get it to go in the axle nearer the hub. If you have the sympathy neccassary for a hammer, you can feel when it is aligning, vs when it has come up to a dead stop (the flat end of the pin is catching the flat side of the axle).
I have on occasion had to put a shifter on the spring to twist it a little. I have choice of 24 of 30inch for this.
today has been a day for fitting interior and replacing the speedo. The balls fell out of the old one some 15years ago. I have been guessing speed since.
Also tried out the new LED rear lamps. I'm not a fan generally of LED, but they are passable behind a red lense. Incandesant everywhere else for me. Corrosion and poor materials had done for the original guts of these lamps.
Yes, I know the digits for the mileometer didnt get replaced. I was mightily annoyed. But it was 5 years ago, and it didn't cost a lot of money.
I do have rebuilt with new chrome SM5 and oil gauge. I might fit them, but then I might not. No rechromed clock though.
also swapped out the dicky stop light switch. Now all the rear lights work
https://www.facebook.com/1069529276/vide...7234663326