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Hey, at least it's not a breather thread. :mrgreen:
So I got Windy's clamps today.
And as you remember from my build thread I also have the Old Britts spindle which has both the MkIII flats and the tapped hole. Why they put the flats in the pre-MkIII spindle I have no idea (was it for the MkIIAs?).
Anyways... it was brought up in another spindle thread (imagine that there were more than one of these...) by Paul to use the flats to locate the bolts from Windy's clamps (or any fixing bolts you choose). I was talking to Windy and he didn't think it could be done but wasn't very convincing so I said I'd take a look at it.
So measuring the distance, roughly, between the center of the flats and the locating hole I get an inch.
So I center the clamps approximately an inch out from the locating hole and they are almost to the cradle.
I don't have the swingarm bushings yet but I loosely assemble the swingarm and it looks like the bolts Windy supplies may be too long. I'll try with the actual parts and such and perhaps button head bolts will work better. But I think it will work.
Are the lock nuts really needed? The clamps are threaded so wouldn't a bit of Loctite be enough?
So I got Windy's clamps today.
And as you remember from my build thread I also have the Old Britts spindle which has both the MkIII flats and the tapped hole. Why they put the flats in the pre-MkIII spindle I have no idea (was it for the MkIIAs?).
Anyways... it was brought up in another spindle thread (imagine that there were more than one of these...) by Paul to use the flats to locate the bolts from Windy's clamps (or any fixing bolts you choose). I was talking to Windy and he didn't think it could be done but wasn't very convincing so I said I'd take a look at it.
So measuring the distance, roughly, between the center of the flats and the locating hole I get an inch.
So I center the clamps approximately an inch out from the locating hole and they are almost to the cradle.
I don't have the swingarm bushings yet but I loosely assemble the swingarm and it looks like the bolts Windy supplies may be too long. I'll try with the actual parts and such and perhaps button head bolts will work better. But I think it will work.
Are the lock nuts really needed? The clamps are threaded so wouldn't a bit of Loctite be enough?