What have you done with your bike/s today?

[muskrat]

G'day CB.
You lucky bugga.
Cheers

[Worty]

G'day Worty.
As posted on your video
"Woah way too much. Rectify before it goes bang. A lot of oil destined for the big ends will be lost between bush and crank." fixed typo.
Cheers

Cheers Musky, d'you reckon I've been lucky over 10k miles - I don't hang around either.

[RichardL]

G'day Worty.
It was then I noticed I had mismatched quadrant/pinion. I must have been in a hurry to get going and didn't notice the difference.  . Now to find and order a matched pair. I'll throw it back together and be careful when kicking.

You might as well have put a road flare in that picture. About a second-and-a-half in, I'm thinking, ooh, pointy-flat mismatch. YSAKHIKIYBHSY.

Richard L.

[muskrat]

G'day Worty.
Yes very lucky 
Mine didn't have much end float but did have 8 thou up and down  40/70 oil helped her do about the same miles.

G'day Richard.
OK I've spent 1/2 hour trying to work out YSAKHIKIYBHSY.

G'day Fellas.
On close inspection the quad and pinion are meshing quite well. There's a few marks on the top of the pinion teeth but that would be from jamming not slipping. There is very little play in the pinion/bush and both quadrant bush's.  There is a bit of end float on the shaft so I knocked the outer bush in a bit to eliminate that. It looks to me the problem lies with the pinion and ratchet. There is a bit of wear and the spring feels weak. I made a 1mm thick spacer to give the spring a bit extra preload. Tomorrow I'll throw it all back together and test. Just another excuse to ride to work 
Cheers

[Greybeard]

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[Worty]

Thanks Musky, I reckon I'll just have to ride (pun intended) my luck as I don't have the time, energy, space and cash for a full stripdown - as you say BUGGA.

[RichardL]

?    YSAKHIKIYBHSY   ?

I'm amazed you are not familiar with this never-before-used-in-the-history-of-the-English-language acronym. ("NBUITHOTELA"?)

"You should already know how I know if you've been here several years."

I'm deeply sorry if I've abused the friendship.

Richard L.

[Joolstacho]

Some of these acronyms are RSTF ! 

[mikeb]

musky - can you explain what in that photo shows the mismatch of the pinion. looks fine to my ignorant eye.

that is, IUFCBB or FPFSP (those are for Richard's enjoyment)

cheers

[Worty]

To chip in with the acronyms, and in relation to my bike (and occasionally my life) FUBAR and SNAFU come to mind

[Greybeard]

"You should already know how I know if you've been here several years."

Silly me for not working that one out. Google didn't know though.

[berger]

i don't  have a flat bottomed quadrant to hand because they are in my boxes, but i have a pointy tooth pinion to show a miss match with a flat bottomed gear like a quadrant' muskys look like a matched pair to me

[RDfella]

Took the GF for a spin this afternoon.
Good news on two fronts: clutch doesn't slip now - using st 40 oil in primary plus an extra two clutch plates for more friction. And the N/S fork leg no longer leaks - at 3rd attempt. Second attempt found the oil seal wasn't being properly clamped by the SS seal holder because either the seal is too thin or the rebate in the holder was too deep. Thought I'd cured it by machining some spacers to sit atop the seals, but it still leaked (though much less). Remedy was to fit rubber seals instead of the metal-clad ones I'd been supplied, and adding the later funnel-shaped distance piece instead of the circlip.

[berger]

been flat out on the berglar build for 2 days , spare cases in and i had to use the berglar build  head because i haven't got another  . anyroad the exhaust is looking good and the foot rests are positioned with a mod for the brake pivot, at this stage it feels and smells like VICTORY even though there's a long road ahead. it will be finished one day and i will never build another one off special again.  too many problems to overcome, you fix one and it creates another

[Worty]

I share your pain Bergs!