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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
RFM wear through the FT66 bore
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<blockquote data-quote="Martyn Goodwin" data-source="post: 117351" data-attributes="member: 2433"><p>I recently replaced the bearings in my RFM (see OVR #70 - it's in the OVR Archives) and at that time like you, I found the brake cross shaft FT66/1 was very stiff in the frame.</p><p></p><p>My fix was a complete bearing service of the RFM. Once I had it stripped down I used a 5/8" parallel reamer to clean up the corrosion in the cross shaft bore. Having removed the grease niples I used a suitable sized drill bit to clean up the grease passages. I also used a flex drive tool with suitable wire brushes to clean out as much of the accumulated corrosion as possible from the inside of the RFM main casting. Before reassembly I applied a liberal (possibly excessive) quantity of a rust preventer to the interior of the casting in an endeavour to prevent recurrence of corrosion in there.</p><p></p><p>Within the RFM , behind each pivot bearing, there is the pivot bearing dust washer F42/1 that also acts as a grease retainer. With that retainer in place and the grease passageways clear, when you apply a grease gun to the nipples on the RFM assembly, grease is forced into the main pivot roller bearings AND into the plain bearing areas around the cross over shaft. </p><p></p><p>With all the accumulated corrosion (crap) removed from the inside if the RFM casting, the cross shaft bearing surfaces cleaned up and the grease ways unblocked, following reassembly all is now working smoothly in my RFM. To keep it working that way all that's now needed is the occasional squirt of grease via the nipples on the RFM casting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martyn Goodwin, post: 117351, member: 2433"] I recently replaced the bearings in my RFM (see OVR #70 - it's in the OVR Archives) and at that time like you, I found the brake cross shaft FT66/1 was very stiff in the frame. My fix was a complete bearing service of the RFM. Once I had it stripped down I used a 5/8" parallel reamer to clean up the corrosion in the cross shaft bore. Having removed the grease niples I used a suitable sized drill bit to clean up the grease passages. I also used a flex drive tool with suitable wire brushes to clean out as much of the accumulated corrosion as possible from the inside of the RFM main casting. Before reassembly I applied a liberal (possibly excessive) quantity of a rust preventer to the interior of the casting in an endeavour to prevent recurrence of corrosion in there. Within the RFM , behind each pivot bearing, there is the pivot bearing dust washer F42/1 that also acts as a grease retainer. With that retainer in place and the grease passageways clear, when you apply a grease gun to the nipples on the RFM assembly, grease is forced into the main pivot roller bearings AND into the plain bearing areas around the cross over shaft. With all the accumulated corrosion (crap) removed from the inside if the RFM casting, the cross shaft bearing surfaces cleaned up and the grease ways unblocked, following reassembly all is now working smoothly in my RFM. To keep it working that way all that's now needed is the occasional squirt of grease via the nipples on the RFM casting. [/QUOTE]
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