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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
5 Speed Quaife
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 40934" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>I put a Quaife in one of my bikes some 15 years ago, and don't recall any issue with camplate travel. I just put a Terry Prince 5 speed in another Rapide and couldn't get 5th gear. Investigation showed that the camplate was not rotating far enough. So I called Terry to ask what's what.</p><p></p><p>Oh says he, you need to take the stop pin out. Simple. If you haven't bolted the cases up, fit the cylinders, pistons and heads. Took the whole plot apart and took the die grinder to the bevel gear. Took a couple of tries but managed to grind enough to let it get too 5th and just a bit more. </p><p></p><p>Only a few hours wasted. No comment with the box saying to check that.</p><p></p><p>The other one I liked was with the Quaife. There was a note in the box saying that some gear sets had a shim placed on the wrong side of a gear. Took a look - yes it was on the wrong side. Took like 15 seconds to put it on the right side. Always amazed me that it probably took more time to write the note and put it in the box than it would have done just to right the wrong?????</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 40934, member: 38"] I put a Quaife in one of my bikes some 15 years ago, and don't recall any issue with camplate travel. I just put a Terry Prince 5 speed in another Rapide and couldn't get 5th gear. Investigation showed that the camplate was not rotating far enough. So I called Terry to ask what's what. Oh says he, you need to take the stop pin out. Simple. If you haven't bolted the cases up, fit the cylinders, pistons and heads. Took the whole plot apart and took the die grinder to the bevel gear. Took a couple of tries but managed to grind enough to let it get too 5th and just a bit more. Only a few hours wasted. No comment with the box saying to check that. The other one I liked was with the Quaife. There was a note in the box saying that some gear sets had a shim placed on the wrong side of a gear. Took a look - yes it was on the wrong side. Took like 15 seconds to put it on the right side. Always amazed me that it probably took more time to write the note and put it in the box than it would have done just to right the wrong????? [/QUOTE]
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