Revisit the Clutch Stack

kommando said:

If there were a dozen part numbers then only some of them will have been actually released for production, knowing which ones they were and the engine numbers they were fitted too which make it much easier. The thought of having to start on a fresh piece of paper when changing a part would reduce a lot of these revisions. Remember when you looked at the front wheel and was quoting spoke patterns that never made it into production.

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Post in thread 'Disk brake front rim dimple pattern'

Oct 24, 2018

No from me, but interesting bit of history on the disc wheel.

''Here is the history on the Norton Front Disc wheel.


Norton finished the design of the bike and then came to my father with a hub to build a wheel to fit - due to the fact that they had not considered the wheel in their original design the wheel had to be made with the disc side virtually flat to make it fit the bike - the original wheels were therefore produced with rims with a 1x1 dimple pattern and cross laced to fit and accommodate offset requirement 8 gauge spokes were used on the flat side and 9 gauge on the other for...

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swooshdave said:

Even if the factory tracked when a revision made it to the production line are those records still around?

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kommando said:

I worked in the modifications dept in a UK car manufacturer a few years after Norton went bust, all changes to parts used on the assembly track were sent to the spares organisation. So as Andover Norton were the Norton Spares back in the day as well as all the drawings they should have all the changes, whether they have been kept is another question.

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swooshdave said:

While we assume they tracked exactly what serial number bike got the change I suspect it wasn't quite that organized at Norto

kommando said:

I worked in the modifications dept in a UK car manufacturer a few years after Norton went bust, all changes to parts used on the assembly track were sent to the spares organisation. So as Andover Norton were the Norton Spares back in the day as well as all the drawings they should have all the changes, whether they have been kept is another question.

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Sadly we don't have all of them, some of the changes on the drawings relate to the service release register but not all. AN obtained the drawings in 1991 along with tooling, sadly the change registers themselves we have no idea where they are or could be, or even how many there are as I suspect Bracebridge St had some, Plumstead had some and Marston Road had some and they no doubt got disposed of when those companies folded. Likewise we don't have all the model build books which is a shame, we only the MK3 build book resides with us.

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