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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 60436" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>I installed all of the spindles in one shot, however I was afforded the luxury of using Dan Smiths spindle setting kit which consists of one machined to length sleeve for each spindle. With hot cases and cold spindles (dry ice) it all went smoothly. The next day I used the slide hammer in the kit to move the spindles in or out a few thou to get a uniform line (no heat used for this) Ed Stevens book is the only publication to list a number for the postion of the spindle shoulders relative to the crankcase timing side face and it worked for me. Dan's jig put the spindles all very close to Ed Steven's suggested location. To set the final position of the spindles, I used a straight edge across the crankcase timing side faces, but spaced out on shim blocks at each end sufficiently to clear the shoulders by some amount, say .030. Then an .030 feeler gauge can be used to get all of the spindle shoulders sitting in plane with the cases and at the desired height. You will have to play with this a bit, but my particular set of components worked with the spindles set close in at thebottom of Ed Stevens range.the distance pieces then worked without extra shims, although one distance piece required shortenin by a few thou.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 60436, member: 2708"] I installed all of the spindles in one shot, however I was afforded the luxury of using Dan Smiths spindle setting kit which consists of one machined to length sleeve for each spindle. With hot cases and cold spindles (dry ice) it all went smoothly. The next day I used the slide hammer in the kit to move the spindles in or out a few thou to get a uniform line (no heat used for this) Ed Stevens book is the only publication to list a number for the postion of the spindle shoulders relative to the crankcase timing side face and it worked for me. Dan's jig put the spindles all very close to Ed Steven's suggested location. To set the final position of the spindles, I used a straight edge across the crankcase timing side faces, but spaced out on shim blocks at each end sufficiently to clear the shoulders by some amount, say .030. Then an .030 feeler gauge can be used to get all of the spindle shoulders sitting in plane with the cases and at the desired height. You will have to play with this a bit, but my particular set of components worked with the spindles set close in at thebottom of Ed Stevens range.the distance pieces then worked without extra shims, although one distance piece required shortenin by a few thou. [/QUOTE]
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