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Offline enfield49

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Tribsa to BSA
« on: 16.03. 2010 11:58 »
I am trying to turn a tribsa back into an a10. I need a gearbox ,primary cases ,clutch and mounting plates. I am in England. Any suggestion who might have suitable parts would be appreciated .Graham

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Re: Tribsa to BSA
« Reply #1 on: 16.03. 2010 12:42 »
I am trying to turn a tribsa back into an a10. I need a gearbox ,primary cases ,clutch and mounting plates. I am in England. Any suggestion who might have suitable parts would be appreciated .Graham

Beware!  Could be harder than it looks.

You need some spacers too.

Has the builder "done things" to the frame?

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Re: Tribsa to BSA
« Reply #2 on: 16.03. 2010 17:11 »
That's right, 'they' seem to love hacking off the frame lug at the rear of the primary chaincase which would normally be for the inner primary case fixing point, to clear the longer Triumph case. It can easily be weld repaired though. Some nutcase had swopped a Goldie engine for a rattly Triumph lump before I got it into my hands. No other problems though, but lots of bits had to be located. Lyford Classics, Cake Street Classics and George Prew come to mind for bits, but you will likely have to trawl ebay for bigger bits. Primary cases and gearboxes come up surprisingly often. We mostly like to use the Triumph 4 spring clutch so you may already have it on your Tribsa and need to only change the hub adaptor to the BSA type with a spiral extension to assist oil retention in the case.
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Re: Tribsa to BSA
« Reply #3 on: 16.03. 2010 18:44 »
Try Brian at Lightning Spares he of ex BSAoc commitee, He has taken over the buisiness and in moving premises has found many desirable parts, he has a passion for all things BSA and is very helpfull.
I have no association with him, but you never know if someone tells him of this glowing write up I may get some discount *smiley4*
Richard