I have been putting together a 1958 Flash for some time now.
I had the engine and gearbox in the frame, the clutch and primary chain fitted , clutch adjusted (6 spring) and primary cover sealed and fitted. Rear chain and guard on.
The inner has the sheet metal shroud around the sprocket, I always fit them as the bike looks untidy without.
I thought that I should see how the footrests fitted up and guess what?
The left hand spline can't be fitted with everything in place.
So I stripped the primary down and fitted the spline and went through the whole thing again.
I left this thing alone for some months and was looking at the footrest spline and I said to myself "that doesn't look right."
Would you believe that I had fitted the wrong spline? The right hand one was in there. Bloody idiot.
So yesterday I went through the whole process again. This time I didn't remove the inner, I found that there was enough movement with the clutch removed and all of the fasteners out.
It is almost back together now.
Probably the most frustrating part of the job is removing and refitting the rear inner to frame bolt. With the tin shroud in place there is no room for fingers to get the nut on.
There is just enough room to slip an open ended spanner in there so it becomes the fingers. Very fiddly.
What else would I be doing on a Sunday afternoon?
