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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 176235" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>I first turned up a dummy quill using a lathe which was a slide fit down the centre of the crank and the larger diameter step was a slide fit in the threaded hole in the timing cover. The aim was to just check the alignment of the quill hole in the non matching cover and I discovered with the cover fitted to the engine the dummy quill wouldn’t go in. Then removed the lower dowel and refitted the cover using the upper dowel only so it could pivot on that dowel and found at one point the dummy quill would slide in and the timing cover screws would still fit. I then refitted the original lower dowel and refitted the cover to the cases and turned down the larger diameter on the dummy quill only by two thou at a time until it would slide in again and the amount removed off the larger diameter divided by 2 was the amount the cover needed to move to get perfect alignment. It was a few years ago and I cannot remember the exact offset I ended up with but it was less than 10 thou and think was 6 thou. The actual brand new quill that I finally used went in no problem using just fingers and not a spanner so could feel if it was tight and potentially catching or not on the crank and all felt ok. 2000 miles later and the new quill has only the slightest mark on it on one side which with a micrometer you cannot even measure. So it was a bit of hit and miss rather than accurate measurement but worked. Now if the quill hole had been out vertically then both dowels in the cover would need offset but that wasn’t the case with mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 176235, member: 58"] I first turned up a dummy quill using a lathe which was a slide fit down the centre of the crank and the larger diameter step was a slide fit in the threaded hole in the timing cover. The aim was to just check the alignment of the quill hole in the non matching cover and I discovered with the cover fitted to the engine the dummy quill wouldn’t go in. Then removed the lower dowel and refitted the cover using the upper dowel only so it could pivot on that dowel and found at one point the dummy quill would slide in and the timing cover screws would still fit. I then refitted the original lower dowel and refitted the cover to the cases and turned down the larger diameter on the dummy quill only by two thou at a time until it would slide in again and the amount removed off the larger diameter divided by 2 was the amount the cover needed to move to get perfect alignment. It was a few years ago and I cannot remember the exact offset I ended up with but it was less than 10 thou and think was 6 thou. The actual brand new quill that I finally used went in no problem using just fingers and not a spanner so could feel if it was tight and potentially catching or not on the crank and all felt ok. 2000 miles later and the new quill has only the slightest mark on it on one side which with a micrometer you cannot even measure. So it was a bit of hit and miss rather than accurate measurement but worked. Now if the quill hole had been out vertically then both dowels in the cover would need offset but that wasn’t the case with mine. [/QUOTE]
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