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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Oil loss through breather pipe
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<blockquote data-quote="Howard" data-source="post: 16629" data-attributes="member: 271"><p>Phewwwwwwwww - I don't think I've ever seen anyone work out area in square thous before - you astronomers like your accuracy, don't you?</p><p> </p><p>I've always been baffled where oil goes - but I know lots of it has landed on my boots and trousers over the years.</p><p> </p><p>So, 7 degree taper from oil tank down to pump on the 1/4" oil pipe - and you thought getting the carbs and inlet tracts right was difficult.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tom</p><p> </p><p>I think you're on the right track I seem to remember that the joggle wires are so called because they joggle around to keep the oil hole clear, the holes are too big on purpose, and the wires should be a loose fit to allow them to move, but that could have been Vincent myth or PR, and as you say it's just easier to drill the bigger holes.</p><p> </p><p>As an aside. When I started racing my Comet, I had to drill lots of nuts with a 1/16" hole to wire them. I broke so many drills, in despair I went into the local hardware shop and asked the young girl behind the counter for twelve sixteenths drill bits - she brought me one</p><p>3/4" drill bit - couldn't fault her maths!!! Long time ago, when kids understood real units></p><p> </p><p>H</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howard, post: 16629, member: 271"] Phewwwwwwwww - I don't think I've ever seen anyone work out area in square thous before - you astronomers like your accuracy, don't you? I've always been baffled where oil goes - but I know lots of it has landed on my boots and trousers over the years. So, 7 degree taper from oil tank down to pump on the 1/4" oil pipe - and you thought getting the carbs and inlet tracts right was difficult. Tom I think you're on the right track I seem to remember that the joggle wires are so called because they joggle around to keep the oil hole clear, the holes are too big on purpose, and the wires should be a loose fit to allow them to move, but that could have been Vincent myth or PR, and as you say it's just easier to drill the bigger holes. As an aside. When I started racing my Comet, I had to drill lots of nuts with a 1/16" hole to wire them. I broke so many drills, in despair I went into the local hardware shop and asked the young girl behind the counter for twelve sixteenths drill bits - she brought me one 3/4" drill bit - couldn't fault her maths!!! Long time ago, when kids understood real units> H [/QUOTE]
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