Series A Rocker Oil Feed Adjusters

A_HRD

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Thank you for taking the time to search, Robert! Tomorrow go and look for something entirely different; you're sure to find the oil widget thingies...

Meanwhile, let's wait and see what Vincent B thinks about making a few....

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oexing

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It´s not my business but cannot see how an o-ring might seal the threads of the adjusting screw. You´d have to squeeze the o-ring out of shape extremely for it to enter the depth of the thread completely. Instead I´d take a short bit of teflon tape on the screw at the inner end so the nut will compress the lot so no oil creeps along the thread.

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Simon Dinsdale

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On my Shadow I had an annoying oil leak on the primary chain adjuster, coming down the threads and it is just the same setup as the suggested A adjuster with a threaded locknut. I tried every type of seal and none worked as the oil was coming down the threads, but I did eventually seal it with teflon tape just how Vic suggests, with tape around the exposed adjuster and then the locknut run up to position and tightened which forces the tape into the threads.

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Robert Watson

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Well it isn't tomorrow but I was digging in the depths of the shelves and found the tin with OIL PUMP PARTS written on it and lo and behold.

So here are a couple of pictures. As I said the oil lines come out horizontal and then made an S curve up to the rocker spindles.

Any questions just ask.


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Marcus Bowden

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My rocker oil feeds are on maximum all the time and I have a reasonable indication with visual sight glasses (plastic tubes) to each rocker. The original metering screws have been removed but there is primus stove pricker hole metering the flow. The pump body drilling has been used to fix a plastic tube to that is before the rocker orifice that is 0.6 mm diameter so it indicates pump pressure. The plastic pipe is extended to the handlebars where it is plugged off, later to be fitted with a clear volumes container so it should fill and keep a visual reading, at the moment of startup it rises to about mid tank level but drops to engine top-level, when warm. difficult to observe. Hence the reason my "B" has a gauge at the handlebars that registers 14.7 psi. (1.0 bar), with the slightly bigger Honda pump now fitted that feeds the cam rail with a control valve to adjust pressure with surplus going to B/end as the temperature fluctuates also double start Pickador pump. PCV did mention in one of his wrightings that he should have kept the gear pump.
last tappet adjustment was when I had my stainless pipes made by Chris Knibbs NZ before that was early 2016, then 2500 miles Route 66 then about the same in Tasmania and then 1200 doing NZ riders rally 2017, prior to the NZ national annual Chris K had my pipes off as it's only necessary for the front inlet to adjust tappet. then it was insignificant to record, so I consider it's very good and ready to go again when Vincent wants to pick it up? Haven't cleaned it as the oily patina keeps it in good condition, but my "B" is ready to go as it was fitted with new plugs oil change and a wash off & polish, see my shoes in the timing cover.
bananaman


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OIL PIPES ALTERED SO I COULD FIT SECOND PLUG, ROCKER PIN HEXAGON REDUCE
SO A SMALL SPANNER WILL FIT MORE EASILY 1/8th BSP BANJO BOLTS WITH 3/8"A/F

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PLASTIC TUBE UP BETWEEN CABLES & PLUGGED OFF

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"B" CONSUL WITH TURNING BANANA AMP & VOLTMETER PLUS THE PRESSURE GAUGE SAME CAMS FOR OVER 300K

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SAME CARB JET FITTED BUT CAN BE SHUT OFF WITH VALVE, BALL BEARING REMOVED AS IF HONDA PUMP FAILS THE BALL WILL LIFT AND SUPPLY A DRIBBLE TO THE CAMS ! ! NOTICE THAT POLISH ? DON'T NORMALLY GET IT HAT GOOD.

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Marcus Bowden

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Peter my handsome, it's not everyone that think of these weird and wonderful ideas but it works for me, and I'm itching to get the "A" Comet back from Bill Parr and complete it as there I have made a plain floating bush B/E and increased the oil supply pump capacity by half as much again by deepening the case and fitting 3/16" wide gears. reducing the orifice to rocker spindles so will have to fit some kind of seal to the oil quill but can anyone tell me what pressure can be generated from centrifugal force whilst it's sucking oil along the main shaft to the B/E.?
 
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