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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Rapide Gearbox - Very 'tight' gearchange
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Arundel" data-source="post: 96272" data-attributes="member: 3659"><p>Afternoon Bill.</p><p>Finally I have success ?</p><p>I called Maughans again and spoke with Steve.</p><p>He suggested checking the clearance between the camplate bevel gear/pinion G33 and the roof of the crankcase (with a feeler gauge). If there is no clearance pressures can be placed on the selector forks thus making gear change very difficult. To solve this problem an amount has to be ground off the face of G33 to create some clearance - this I did on a linisher.</p><p>Also (as suggested) I honed the hole through each of the selector forks - sometimes, when the selector forks pin is pushed into its housing, distortion of the hole through the selector fork can cause friction on the selector fork bar G30.</p><p>At long last I can select all four gears!! ??</p><p>Thank you Bill (and all) for the advice and encouragmet you have given - must admit I was getting to the end of my tether!</p><p>Great these Vincents aren’t they!</p><p>Cheers</p><p>Phil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil Arundel, post: 96272, member: 3659"] Afternoon Bill. Finally I have success ? I called Maughans again and spoke with Steve. He suggested checking the clearance between the camplate bevel gear/pinion G33 and the roof of the crankcase (with a feeler gauge). If there is no clearance pressures can be placed on the selector forks thus making gear change very difficult. To solve this problem an amount has to be ground off the face of G33 to create some clearance - this I did on a linisher. Also (as suggested) I honed the hole through each of the selector forks - sometimes, when the selector forks pin is pushed into its housing, distortion of the hole through the selector fork can cause friction on the selector fork bar G30. At long last I can select all four gears!! ?? Thank you Bill (and all) for the advice and encouragmet you have given - must admit I was getting to the end of my tether! Great these Vincents aren’t they! Cheers Phil [/QUOTE]
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