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Tech. Advice: Series 'A' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Restoring the last of the series "A" Comets.
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 81075" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Interesting the clamp arrangement for the rear spring box damping, on John's bike they look simpler than the two piece band type and a wing nut verses the brass knurled wheel type of adjuster. Any chance of a closer photo of this set up thanks John. Ok I'm guessing it looks like the steel hubs were painted black, not sure on the spoke flanges, but hub bolts and nuts/washers were probably cadmium plated. Can anyone answer, most all of the attaching hardware seems to be cycle thread bolts, are these a plain head type bolt (no manufacturers markings....? Yes/no) and were these all cadmium plated as well. so are the bolts /nuts similar to the post war bikes, were nuts are mostly single chamfer sided. The clamp arrangement holding the Miller Dynomag, should these be chrome plated, or cadmium....? With regards to the tool box, on this one it appears to have two holes cut into the top, one for a headlight switch.....this is the early type with the resistor coil for the third brush generator, the other hole had an early Lucas ammeter in it. One hole looks original, whereas the other has been cut in at some time......Is this standard or should these not be there at all........? It does have the ammeter and headlight switch in the top of the stock 8 inch Miller headlight shell. More questions to come.............Cheers........Greg. PS: I checked the weight of that original steel hub, and it weighs a kilo.......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 81075, member: 597"] Interesting the clamp arrangement for the rear spring box damping, on John's bike they look simpler than the two piece band type and a wing nut verses the brass knurled wheel type of adjuster. Any chance of a closer photo of this set up thanks John. Ok I'm guessing it looks like the steel hubs were painted black, not sure on the spoke flanges, but hub bolts and nuts/washers were probably cadmium plated. Can anyone answer, most all of the attaching hardware seems to be cycle thread bolts, are these a plain head type bolt (no manufacturers markings....? Yes/no) and were these all cadmium plated as well. so are the bolts /nuts similar to the post war bikes, were nuts are mostly single chamfer sided. The clamp arrangement holding the Miller Dynomag, should these be chrome plated, or cadmium....? With regards to the tool box, on this one it appears to have two holes cut into the top, one for a headlight switch.....this is the early type with the resistor coil for the third brush generator, the other hole had an early Lucas ammeter in it. One hole looks original, whereas the other has been cut in at some time......Is this standard or should these not be there at all........? It does have the ammeter and headlight switch in the top of the stock 8 inch Miller headlight shell. More questions to come.............Cheers........Greg. PS: I checked the weight of that original steel hub, and it weighs a kilo.......o_O [/QUOTE]
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