Amal's Back!!

I received my 932's back Saturday from Lund Machine Co.
They look very nice.
Communication was excellent between me and Andy Harden(owner)
I would have no fear recommending anyone to him for a resleeve.
He resurfaced my flange(area betwwen the manifold and carb body)
He removed .025 material from the throttle body and same to slide.
He then resleeved the slides to exact fit for the specified body.
He does tell you not to mix/match the slides and bodies as they are fit specific.
I get to keep my chokes, retain the orig. look and saved about half over the cost of
a new pair of Amal's. And from what I hear the QC in the new Amal's may not be there?
Andy says he can get three resleeves out of a pair of old Amal's depending how bad they are.
He has not had any returns due to wear. This appears a one and done job.
My slides were grooved and rattled, no more rattle.
One less unnecessary noise coming from my girl.
I'm going to put them on hopefully time permitting this week.
I'm going w/ the new stay up floats too.
Should put any carb issues behind me for a while. :?
Thanks Debby for recommending same.
Marshal

I had him do a carb for me for a triumph and was fortunate to have had 4-932's done locally. The question I have is how long does a sleeve last in terms of miles. I am on about 15,000 miles on my first 932 which was oil impregnated bronze and it is running great, but I already notice a difference in the lund carb after about 2000 miles on the triumph. I think it is a steel sleeve and I personally feel the bronze wears much better. My concern comes with riding my bikes 5-10K a year each x 5 which is more than a lot of people put on in a decade.

Lund did my 932's about 10 years ago, 15,000 miles and I have no issues with them whatsoever. Glad to hear that they can be done again if necessary.

Marshall,
Did I understand right? He bored the body, sleeved the slide & did not sleeve the body?
If so, I was considering doing this myself this winter, but I wondered if the mixture would alter. If not, I have a project.
Cheers

They do bore the body and sleeve the slide only. You need to have tooling to hold and cut the sleeve. If you are a machinist the tooling can be made. If I remember correctly you have to be careful boring toward the bottom of the body and you also have to cut the cutaway yourself. You also want to keep in tact the tang at the top of the sleeve so start cutting the slide and sleeve below that.

My original 932/19 and 932/20 Amals for my '72 750 combat were sleeved by Mike Gaylord in 1998. Mine have over 25,000 miles and very little wear....still working great (the odometer is at 48491 - carbs rebuilt at 20470). Does Lund use stainless sleeves as Gaylord does?

Lund sleeved the orig. slides w/ a stainless sleeve.
The orig amal bodies were bored only not lined.
The slides are lined to take up wear.
Now I should have a nicer idle.
Yes I will probably require less air screw usage due to less air leak.
Marshal

I have a cunning plan!

illf8ed said:

My original 932/19 and 932/20 Amals for my '72 750 combat were sleeved by Mike Gaylord in 1998. Mine have over 25,000 miles and very little wear....still working great (the odometer is at 48491 - carbs rebuilt at 20470). Does Lund use stainless sleeves as Gaylord does?

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Mine were sleeved with stainless steel in 1996 by Fair Spares, I think he farms it out to someone though (Gaylord?). I've probably put 70,000 or 80,000 miles on them since then.

I did find them sticking a little bit a few years ago. I took them off, unwarped the bodies a little bit in a vice, sanded the slides down a bit and they have been fine ever since. I've probably put 15,000 miles on them since then.

-Eric

Flo said:

I have a cunning plan!

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and that plan is.........