‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

NPeteN said:
Man what a pain. Good luck!
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‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA
 
Decided to wait on a super-duper bearing puller. Installed a new, old motor instead

Ugly.
‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA


‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA


Back to the old grind, now.
 
Not as exciting as making carbon covers for your Norton. But I’m pretty stoked!

A little persuasion and I’ve emptied my tube, as in my left fork slider.
‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

With a medium size blind bearing puller, I was able to remove ‘bronze’ and clean out the innards.

New parts installed, a knick in the stanchion tube easily smoothed, but a couple replacement tubes may be a smart project for the winter.

I’ve got a JBWeld project idea to save one of my speedo mount. Will try it tomorrow.
 
As far as removing old bushings, I just yank on the stanchion tube till they pop out. No tool needed...
 
grandpaul said:
As far as removing old bushings, I just yank on the stanchion tube till they pop out. No tool needed...
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You would think in a perfect world...

Must have missed my explanation. The circlip securing the bottom bushing somehow gave way, leaving me with a clean disconnected stanchion/slider situation. New circlip seems to sufficient. Tube will be replaced later.

Amazing how many part conditions are not what they should be... only been 50years.:)
 
A dremel tool in hand, enjoying Circuit de la Sarthe with Tom Terrific commentary. Priceless

Only thing better would be having a running Norton for the weekend!

Enjoy your weekend, dads.

‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA
 
So, finished up a repair on a cracked speedo mount tab using liquid metal, dremel, and a little drilling.

‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

Final outcome. Won’t be very strong, but the other tab is 100% and I’ll try and fit a support on the cracked tab.
‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA


Worth it? Nyah. At least we saved another 50yr old part.
 
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Any quick hints on references to easily ascertain wiring ‘routing’ for my ‘70 Commando, specifically.

Seems like it’s a ‘bastard’ Commando year from the looks of other diagrams and references of other models.

Thanks. Appreciate all the info the site.
 
Photos you took before you ripped it all out ;)

Basically the main harness is routed down the left side of the spine, through the center grommet above the oil tank to the rear battery area. This is where most of the connections are made. Upfront the coil, points etc..are generally organized in the triangle above/the coil mounts. From there the everything goes into the headlight.

This is how I have mine and it works for me. I'm sure some others here have alternatives etc...

It's not too complicated.
 
NPeteN said:
Photos you took before you ripped it all out ;)

Basically the main harness is routed down the left side of the spine, through the center grommet above the oil tank to the rear battery area. This is where most of the connections are made. Upfront the coil, points etc..are generally organized in the triangle above/the coil mounts. From there the everything goes into the headlight.

This is how I have mine and it works for me. I'm sure some others here have alternatives etc...

It's not too complicated.
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Oh, lemme guess... you’ll be here all week!
I won’t forget to tip the waitresses.;)

I have a few photos, but the wiring job was incomplete and we even labeled all the existing connections. The stator wire was hanging out the back of the primary and we think we made the correct repairs. Also the battery was absent, the rec, etc were tucked into the battery station.
‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA

If you look close, the harness is, at least in a position to make connections, but especially from air cleaner back, it’s like a puzzle so far.

The diagrams and info pinned here are great, but not 100% applicable I don’t think.

Thanks for trying, Pete. I’m a visual kinda guy:(
 
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Are you dealing with total stock components or are you wiring in any new stuff? Somebody here will probably beat me to it but I'll try to draw out my wiring layout and post it here for you later tonight. I always need visuals with this stuff as well.
 
Had a quick minute to draw this out.

‘70 Commando Roadster rebuild in GA


Maybe it can get you started in the right direction? Maybe it will just confused you more?! I'll try to make something more complete/intelligible when I get a few more minutes. If you have any specific questions maybe I can draw them for you?
 
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