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Whilst I was picking up my frame from RPT Engineering Ltd at Alfreton I started chatting to a bloke who was having a Moto Guzzi wheel hub powder coated for his Mini Metro A series engined trike - he told me he gets his wheels rebuilt by an excellent Motorcycle Dealer in Shirebrook by a bloke who knows his stuff - his hub was reverse spoked whatever that means.I think it is called Shirebrook Motorcycles as the bloke knew where it was on Station Road - do you know the place Simon?.http://www.shirebrookmotorcycles.co.uk/.https://www.shirebrookmotorcycles.co.uk/wheel-respoking
Your cam cover end caps are almost done Simon, they were pretty bad with contamination and under the paint/lacquer was quite a bit of odd casting marks, like the surface has a rash. Took me a good while to get rid of it, spent about 4 hours on them now and they are almost ready to polish. I'll post a pic of them when they are done.Swinging arm with needle rollers in will be better than the standard metal bushes, I've got a set in my swinging arm. However because of the way they are constructed the original grease nipples are useless as the cage blocks the exit point off. If your going to get the old swinging arm powder coated I'd advice putting a grease nipple in the centre of the pivot tube, just drill 4mm and tap 5mm and fit a small stainless grease nipple. Needs to be done before having it powder coated obviously, a small flat spot and a copper washer under the nipple will help seal it from leakage when pushing grease down it.
Interesting upgrade on your old swing arm - must give you some confidence in the quality of its last rebuild.
Quote from: Oddjob on October 29, 2022, 02:10:07 PMYour cam cover end caps are almost done Simon, they were pretty bad with contamination and under the paint/lacquer was quite a bit of odd casting marks, like the surface has a rash. Took me a good while to get rid of it, spent about 4 hours on them now and they are almost ready to polish. I'll post a pic of them when they are done.Swinging arm with needle rollers in will be better than the standard metal bushes, I've got a set in my swinging arm. However because of the way they are constructed the original grease nipples are useless as the cage blocks the exit point off. If your going to get the old swinging arm powder coated I'd advice putting a grease nipple in the centre of the pivot tube, just drill 4mm and tap 5mm and fit a small stainless grease nipple. Needs to be done before having it powder coated obviously, a small flat spot and a copper washer under the nipple will help seal it from leakage when pushing grease down it. Brilliant about the cam cover caps Ken The swing arm had plenty of grease in it - I wonder how it had been greased - I'll take some better pictures of it .... it had different tube and different size big end cap things that go on the ends before fittingThanksSimon