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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
rocker gaskets & washers
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<blockquote data-quote="Howard" data-source="post: 22946" data-attributes="member: 271"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Can anyone tell me what size the copper washers (ET189) on the rocker feed bolts should be?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I had a weep from one of the washers (also ET189 on my parts list) this weekend and decided to take the whole rocker feed off and replace all the washers. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Unfortunately, I didn’t have the copper ones in my box of spares and had to clean up and reuse the old ones. When I cleaned them and put them on the setpins, the outside diameter is a bit bigger than across the corners of the setpin (ET188), but the inside diameter is probably 2 mm bigger than the thread. I expected them to be a close fit on the thread, have I got the wrong washers, or have they got a big clearance for a reason?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">H</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Ps while changing these, I noticed my reflection in the petrol tank, and I looked very old. Is it just mine, or has everyone else’s petrol tank distorted over the years? I blame this new petrol!!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howard, post: 22946, member: 271"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Can anyone tell me what size the copper washers (ET189) on the rocker feed bolts should be?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I had a weep from one of the washers (also ET189 on my parts list) this weekend and decided to take the whole rocker feed off and replace all the washers. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Unfortunately, I didn’t have the copper ones in my box of spares and had to clean up and reuse the old ones. When I cleaned them and put them on the setpins, the outside diameter is a bit bigger than across the corners of the setpin (ET188), but the inside diameter is probably 2 mm bigger than the thread. I expected them to be a close fit on the thread, have I got the wrong washers, or have they got a big clearance for a reason?[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]H[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Ps while changing these, I noticed my reflection in the petrol tank, and I looked very old. Is it just mine, or has everyone else’s petrol tank distorted over the years? I blame this new petrol!![/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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