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AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 02, 2024, 04:10:20 PM ---Yeah, I looked at the F1 book Ash, TBH I didn't expect the F2 to be different but it clearly is.

You could be right as the F2 spindle should be the same as the K3 spindle and that has that odd looking end on it. Still fitted wrong though and needs to be corrected asap.

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Surprisingly the 550K3 Part book you kindly sent me to scan lists the 300 part Ken. I think it was like that with 400F2s ... some had the original 369 part with solid spindle but some had the
hollowed out one from the late G5/CJ. Similarly with the 400F2 rear axle ... some had round end with a tommy bar hole ... some has hex end.

According to Parts Book that spindle (although later type) is fitted the correct way round .. so I don't see a problem.

Oddjob:
No it's not the spindle being fitted wrong Ash, it's the nut on the end, it's back to front, the nut part fits inside the fork slider and he's got it to the outside, that means the spindle becomes too long and hence why it's sticking out of the O/S fork slider.

Part 18 in your pic, nut on the inside, if you look at a pic of the bike from the nearside you can see the nut on the outside and a close up shows the spindle is very deep inside when it should sit almost flush with the nut.

Odd about the K3, it shares loads of parts with the F2, you'd think if they changed the F2 part they'd also change the K3 one as well.

Oddjob:
Just to clarify, we are talking about the black 500 not the gold one. A look at the gold one, from the nearside, shows that if fitted correctly the spindle actually extends just outside of the flange on the nut.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 02, 2024, 04:45:31 PM ---Just to clarify, we are talking about the black 500 not the gold one. A look at the gold one, from the nearside, shows that if fitted correctly the spindle actually extends just outside of the flange on the nut.

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I was talking about the nice gold one Ken

Oddjob:
Ahhh, that would explain it. The OP said spot the fault and then said the black one had a front spindle which protruded.

Gold one, spindle fitted correctly, look how the end of the spindle protrudes. Nut part on the inside.



Black one, spindle right down inside the nut and the nut part on the outside.

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