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Hi,
Got a Norvil Head steady on the old stinker and it has happened again. The main bolt wears an egg shaped hole in the side plates and the rattles start to re-appear. Anybody come up with a bushing set and a new correct length main bolt set to fix the egg shaped holes or know anyone know who sells a repair kit for these? If I had a machine shop I'd bore out the plates and bush them to orig specs with a "tophat" shaped bush that would extend past the plates so you could then also lengthen the non-threaded section of the main bolt so the threads just don't eat up the side plates any more. That's the actual problem as the threads are so long that they go all the way through the side plates and eventually the threads just eat the side plates like a pair of round files. Then all gets quite loose, loud, and the vibes and rattles start to make themselves known. I suppose I could just order new parts from Les but if they are still the original specs, the problem will re-appear again and again. Rather fix it right. I know how it should be done, just have no means to get into a machine shop and do it to it. Hopeing there is an "order and install" solution.
Thankful for any tips or ideas!
Hewho....
Got a Norvil Head steady on the old stinker and it has happened again. The main bolt wears an egg shaped hole in the side plates and the rattles start to re-appear. Anybody come up with a bushing set and a new correct length main bolt set to fix the egg shaped holes or know anyone know who sells a repair kit for these? If I had a machine shop I'd bore out the plates and bush them to orig specs with a "tophat" shaped bush that would extend past the plates so you could then also lengthen the non-threaded section of the main bolt so the threads just don't eat up the side plates any more. That's the actual problem as the threads are so long that they go all the way through the side plates and eventually the threads just eat the side plates like a pair of round files. Then all gets quite loose, loud, and the vibes and rattles start to make themselves known. I suppose I could just order new parts from Les but if they are still the original specs, the problem will re-appear again and again. Rather fix it right. I know how it should be done, just have no means to get into a machine shop and do it to it. Hopeing there is an "order and install" solution.
Thankful for any tips or ideas!
Hewho....