Doug,
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Summer is finally here. How many of your winter projects are finished? I did finished some but fell behind on others and now must spend time keeping up with yard work and other important things.

The cylinders are finished. The liners were magnafluxed at the top edge as this is where a crack would possibly develop. This done, a .125" lip that stands proud of the muff (cylinder) on top is the sealing lip for the head as there in no head gasket. The second part is making sure there is a ....

Uh, I think that would call for a clean up day.

Shimming the timing chest is time consuming but necessary to control wear and reduce noise. The basic shim set requires 16 shims. There are 4 different sizes from 5/16 x 1/2" to 5/8 x 3/4". Shims range from .003 to .030 are added to give just the right clearance. With the steady plate inst...

The wobble causes grab/chatter and never fully releases and that makes the clunk when trying to get 1st gear.

The WVM inaugural bike show and swap meet was a real success and the weather was nice. We took took 3 bikes and the mini-chopper. Vincent was the marque of the show and 10 were on display thanks to the Vancouver BC Vincent club. The facility at the fairgrounds was packed so may need to be expanded f...

My last post can be better understood with a drawing of the clutch. The revolving clutch parts spin on the C20 retaining nut.
If the nut isn't machined true, this causes the clutch parts to wobble and that makes it difficult to engage the gears.

Well, after two days of frustration trying to get the pressure plate to lift off equally unsuccessfully. As it turns out, the bearing surface of the C20 retaining nut is not concentric with the main shaft causing the clutch plate carrier to wobble. Hopefully a new retaining nut will be accurately ma...

There's around 90 pieces in a Vin clutch. They either work swell or horrible, no in between. When working right, it will operate with one finger. The single disk is operated by the clutch lever and when engaged forces the shoes against the drum. The higher the rpm, the shoe is centrifically forced a...