Steve,
seems you got a seizure on the sleeve by bashing it in too tight. You may be able to polish the i.d. of the sleeve at that place for the plunger to get free. As I wrote above I´d never fit a sleeve by press fit, ONLY easy push fit. The sleeve is not necessarily bent but the bore slightly tapered and too tight anyway, so better lap that sleeve in the engine bore till it will be fully home.
Oil pressure is not really concerned with a bit of a looser fit, no oil pressure in an all roller engine at all. Many Vincents are run with knackered oil pumps, no big troubles from that it seems, not looking at wet sumping of course.
Vic
seems you got a seizure on the sleeve by bashing it in too tight. You may be able to polish the i.d. of the sleeve at that place for the plunger to get free. As I wrote above I´d never fit a sleeve by press fit, ONLY easy push fit. The sleeve is not necessarily bent but the bore slightly tapered and too tight anyway, so better lap that sleeve in the engine bore till it will be fully home.
Oil pressure is not really concerned with a bit of a looser fit, no oil pressure in an all roller engine at all. Many Vincents are run with knackered oil pumps, no big troubles from that it seems, not looking at wet sumping of course.
Vic