Cush Drive buffers

Hi All,

I need to replace the 3 cush drive buffers on my Commando rear hub (don't know exactly which type or year. Maybe a 1972, but not sure) and I see on Andover's web site that there are THICK and THIN buffers.

Any idea re: how to select the correct ones, since I bought the wheel without the buffers?

Many thanks

Laurent

2 pads go in each hole, thin one on 1 side of paddle to take up wimpy rear braking forces and thick ones on DS of paddle loads. I gave up on store bought chewing gum soft-weak-dissolving cushions for slice out of tough ole motorcycle tire side wall.

24, 062074 Buffer, Cush Hub, Thick 3
25, 062075 Buffer, Cush Hub, Thin 3

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http://www.oldbritts.com/nor_comm_72_17.html
http://www.oldbritts.com/1972_g17.html

Just did this on mine. One of the easiest repairs and one of the most important I think. Mine were completely gone. Thick and thin in each hole. Make sure you put them in the correct placement. I used a dead blow hammer and tapped them in. No big deal. Check the bearings while you have it apart. Mine were junk. I try to do things only one time.

Thanks a lot Gentlemen! Crystal clear.

L.

Orientation question - the large buffers have a flat side and a side with two curves.
My old buffers had the curves against the paddles.
But I suspect that my be wrong. I think the the flat side goes against the paddles.
Yes?

Yes, otherwise they are harder to fit.

Time Warp said:

Yes, otherwise they are harder to fit.

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Easy-Peasy in that direction.
First time for everything! - I cannot remember fixing anything on this machine that was EASIER than expected.
:mrgreen:

Here's my bodge of the day.
You've removed yr rear wheel for some reason and discover the thick cush drive buffers 062074 are toast (or missing altogether) but the replacement set is days away and you wanna get back on the road.
Still, putting it back together with nothing at all seems less than optimal, so here's what I did:
Cut 3 pieces of reinforced breather hose 1/2" ID, to exactly 3/4" length each. (The stock buffers I rec'd later were between .0740 and .745) You cd probably get this stuff at any auto supply store. Put some super glue on the inside and clamp them flat so you have 3 rectangular pcs 3/4 "wide" and about 1" "long", somewhat thinner than the stock plastic item. Do whatever you were going to do in the first place before you got sidetracked, while the glue dries, then bash these into the hub with a rawhide or plastic mallet.
If your thin buffers 062075 are gone as well, you cd maybe put 2 of these fakes in each hole and still have room for the (lubricated) paddle on the hub. I didn't try this, but there's enough room "on paper".

I had to (soft face)hammer the drum on to the hub using the AN cushions even though well lubed.
A ten ton press would have been better! As long as I dont have a flat for the first two thousand
miles Ill be ok when I need to pull the wheel.
Before then no slack but no QD rear wheel either.
What a bogus set up they are!