Chain Guard Extension: Frustration

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Getting the spring and the 2 buttons installed in the extension is bringing the Norton curse of "fitting" parts to a new level. This is and after market assembly and I have begun thing about cutting the spring down. Before I do that I am hoping that other members could share their technique for putting these 3 parts together. I can "see" the factory tool, but gotta find an alternative solution.

Chain Guard Extension: Frustration


Thanks for your consideration.

Best.
 
A pair of long nose pliers to squeeze the spring always worked for me.
 
Maybe freezing the spring overnight would shrink it enough to make a difference?

I'm just spitballin' here....
 
have used safety wire in a similar fashion to the zip tie method, then cut it out after everything is in place.
 
The original spring is strong but not so strong that I had any trouble putting it in my new AN guard last year.
...now if it was the centre stand spring...
 
RoadScholar said:
Thanks guys.

I have tried both with no positive results. The spring is has got a lot of "K". I'm getting ready to cut a few coils, but would prefer not to.

Best.
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What other "squeezing" tools do you have available? A Lucas bullet connector tool, or some small vice grips? Gotta be creative. Look on the bright side, once it's in place you'll never have to deal with it again.
 
The only new ones I've installed are from AN. I put one button in. Put the spring in and rotate it into place. Then using my fingers and a small screwdriver across a loop of the spring, compress it and slide in the other button. To me, the spring in the picture looks heavier than it's supposed to be.
 
marshg246 said:
The only new ones I've installed are from AN. I put one button in. Put the spring in and rotate it into place. Then using my fingers and a small screwdriver across a loop of the spring, compress it and slide in the other button. To me, the spring in the picture looks heavier than it's supposed to be.
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Having done the job before but forgetting the sequence to succeed , i took mine apart last night to re-educate myself .. ( yet another silly thing in life i have done ) . After chasing the bits across the garage floor many times over , i finally ended up succeeding by doing pretty much like you .. Place the button on the spring and slide it in until the button goes into the hole . Line up the spring to the second hole , grab spring with fingers and rotate it horizontally until you can slip the second button over the end of the spring and slide it back to the hole .

Easier said then done but after you have chased the flying bits a few times you will get the idea ...;)
 
RoadScholar said:
Thanks guys.

I have tried both with no positive results. The spring is has got a lot of "K". I'm getting ready to cut a few coils, but would prefer not to.

Best.
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Get the ties on, then clamp it (molegrips, pliers, vice) and tighten the ties to hold it compressed?
 
Mart UK said:
2 zip ties to compress the spring each side? Install. Then cut them at the exact same moment!
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Chain Guard Extension: Frustration
Chain Guard Extension: Frustration


Thanks Mart UK!

I originally dismissed this because I had the client do the install, and he used only 1 tie. When I tried with 2 ties it worked; not easy, but I got it to work.
marshg246 said:
To me, the spring in the picture looks heavier than it's supposed
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I'm pretty sure you are right about this; I was about to cut a coil or more, but Mart UK's advice to use 2 ties made this more like a challenge than a Sisyphean task.

Thanks to all respondents your responses buoyed me up and helped me believe this could be done. Besides my idea to start cutting coils I considered attaching it with JB Weld, sheet metal screws, spit and bailing wire, hope and a prayer or just leaving it off...

Best to All.
 
As been an interesting thread.
I find it soothing to know I am NOT the only one to have experienced the displeasure of installing this simple item.
 
I will admit I wanted to go with the curved type that Colorado Norton offers. It was the price and the fact I usually try to stay stock looking that I stuck with stock.
 
Useful thread for me as I'm about to buy an new chainguard and extension for my 750 Roadster.
I do not understand why Norton did not originally make a fuller chainguard like the CNW one.
I seems to be a Norton trait. As a callow youth I owned a Norton Jubilee and remember making a chainguard extension from a tobacco tin lid (Old Holborn)!
It feels a bit weird to be re-visiting a solution to this problem all these years later.
Andy
 
DevonNorton said:
I do not understand why Norton did not originally make a fuller chainguard like the CNW one.
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The cNw one looks to be based on the 68 - 70 Commando style, which in turn looks like the Domi ones.
 
DevonNorton said:
Useful thread for me as I'm about to buy an new chainguard and extension for my 750 Roadster.
I do not understand why Norton did not originally make a fuller chainguard like the CNW one.
I seems to be a Norton trait. As a callow youth I owned a Norton Jubilee and remember making a chainguard extension from a tobacco tin lid (Old Holborn)!
It feels a bit weird to be re-visiting a solution to this problem all these years later.
Andy
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It's brilliant we can still get the parts. I think you may struggle to find a tobacco tin lid nowadays.
 
I bought a new chain guard from the A/N website for my Mk 2, AND the extension, spring and buttons. Turned out that
the chain guard was not pre-drilled to accept the extension. That was a surprise! OK, so I drilled it out and fiddled for
and hour or more before getting the buttons and spring in place. Wasn't easy, but wasn't that hard either. I didn't do
any of the zip tie the spring procedures. I have 3 hands. :)
 
lazyeye6 said:
I bought a new chain guard from the A/N website for my Mk 2, AND the extension, spring and buttons. Turned out that
the chain guard was not pre-drilled to accept the extension. That was a surprise! OK, so I drilled it out and fiddled for
and hour or more before getting the buttons and spring in place. Wasn't easy, but wasn't that hard either. I didn't do
any of the zip tie the spring procedures. I have 3 hands. :)
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I do the zip tie thing on throttle slide spring also easy on the fingers
 
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