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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
1954 Comet C - broken cam follower
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<blockquote data-quote="charlottevictoria" data-source="post: 16263"><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Dear all,</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">I have found a piece of metal which may come from the exhaust cam follower. So I want to remove the steady plate and the cam sprocket to see where is the problem. Now I have some questions:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">1) Should I use new nuts for the steady plate or may I use the old ones at the end?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">2) Are there any problems removing the cam pinion?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">3) how does the cam fit togeather with the cam pinion?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">4) does anybody have a photo, which shows how it looks behind the cam idler?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">5) do I have to remove the large idler too?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">6) is it possible (and helpful) to fit a black lightning camshaft?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">I drive the bike with a blacknell bullet sidecar an 60 teeth on the rear sprocket. It runs 65mph. A few horspowers more shold help climbing hills.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Thanks a lot for your help. Please answer to my</span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"> e-mail-address <a href="mailto:kohl.lalo@web.de">kohl.lalo@web.de</a></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Yours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Peter Kohl</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charlottevictoria, post: 16263"] [FONT=Book Antiqua]Dear all,[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]I have found a piece of metal which may come from the exhaust cam follower. So I want to remove the steady plate and the cam sprocket to see where is the problem. Now I have some questions:[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]1) Should I use new nuts for the steady plate or may I use the old ones at the end?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]2) Are there any problems removing the cam pinion?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]3) how does the cam fit togeather with the cam pinion?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]4) does anybody have a photo, which shows how it looks behind the cam idler?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]5) do I have to remove the large idler too?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]6) is it possible (and helpful) to fit a black lightning camshaft?[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]I drive the bike with a blacknell bullet sidecar an 60 teeth on the rear sprocket. It runs 65mph. A few horspowers more shold help climbing hills.[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]Thanks a lot for your help. Please answer to my[/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua] e-mail-address [EMAIL="kohl.lalo@web.de"]kohl.lalo@web.de[/EMAIL][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]Yours[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua]Peter Kohl[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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