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Girdraulic eccentric shimming method
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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 136145" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>I have been through nearly two months getting my steering head/stem/bearings aligned. It all started when I pulled the front end to pieces and the upper bearing cup was floating around, literally. The lower bearing cup was fastened with half a bottle of loctite. An initial clean up and sleeve still left the steering column FF33AS not centred. I pulled it apart and with the help of a friend a dual diameter mandrel was made and on a large mill the whole thing was centred and line bored. New sleeves pressed in, cups pressed in and finally all is good in the world. You simply cannot change the dimensions of something like the eccentrics to cover up a problem elsewhere.. It is what a lot of Australians call "A British restoration" and it is not a compliment. I now strongly suspect the bike has been involved in a collision at some time BUT it was still running, steering, braking when I bought it. It only goes to show that these bikes will keep going despite the abuse that owners throw at them. Next step is to fit the blades etc. If they don't fit then I may well lose whatever colour I have left in my hair! At least I have most of the rear end fitted now but there is still room for disappointment!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 136145, member: 586"] I have been through nearly two months getting my steering head/stem/bearings aligned. It all started when I pulled the front end to pieces and the upper bearing cup was floating around, literally. The lower bearing cup was fastened with half a bottle of loctite. An initial clean up and sleeve still left the steering column FF33AS not centred. I pulled it apart and with the help of a friend a dual diameter mandrel was made and on a large mill the whole thing was centred and line bored. New sleeves pressed in, cups pressed in and finally all is good in the world. You simply cannot change the dimensions of something like the eccentrics to cover up a problem elsewhere.. It is what a lot of Australians call "A British restoration" and it is not a compliment. I now strongly suspect the bike has been involved in a collision at some time BUT it was still running, steering, braking when I bought it. It only goes to show that these bikes will keep going despite the abuse that owners throw at them. Next step is to fit the blades etc. If they don't fit then I may well lose whatever colour I have left in my hair! At least I have most of the rear end fitted now but there is still room for disappointment! [/QUOTE]
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