Top yoke

canadiancopper71 · Jul 4, 2011

Getting everything ready for the chromer, I can't seem to get the top yoke of my 71 off the stem. I've taken off the rubber hoping there was a boly underneath, negtivite results. Is this a compression fit??. I think a ram is needed to push it out (with a little heat).

Thanks

dave M · Jul 4, 2011

The yokes are held together with a nut under the bottom yoke. The top yoke is the one with the steering stem permanently attached to it, so you need to remove the bottom nut, remove the bottom yoke and then may need to hit the steering stem from the bottom with a copper or hide mallet, or else protect it with a piece of wood, they are sometimes difficult to get out.

L.A.B. · Jul 4, 2011

dave M said:
The yokes are held together with a nut under the bottom yoke. The top yoke is the one with the steering stem permanently attached to it, so you need to remove the bottom nut, remove the bottom yoke and then may need to hit the steering stem from the bottom with a copper or hide mallet, or else protect it with a piece of wood, they are sometimes difficult to get out.

However, I think canadiancopper71 is asking how to separate the stem from the upper yoke for chroming (which will probably mean using a press to push the stem [upwards?] out of the yoke) and not how to remove the yoke from the steering head.

nortonspeed · Jul 4, 2011

No need to bother, leave the stem into the upper yoke and tell the chromer not to chrome the stem (he will cover the stem).

canadiancopper71 · Jul 4, 2011

Thanks to all for the quick response. I'll let the chromer know of such and just purchuse a new rubber for the top.

P.S, why didn't the commando come with a trip odometer, like my 72 Triumph Tiger, it's always nice to know how many kilometers one covers on a tank, knowing full well of the reserve tap. Just a small observation.

Regards

speirmoor · Jul 4, 2011

The '75 Electric start comes with a trip odometer

L.A.B. · Jul 4, 2011

canadiancopper71 said:
why didn't the commando come with a trip odometer,

Cost?

However, Veglia instruments were often fitted to Commandos from 1973-on and they had speedos with trip odometers, and also the Smiths "NVT" speedos fitted to the 850 Mk3 models.

john robert bould · Jul 4, 2011

nortonspeed said:
No need to bother, leave the stem into the upper yoke and tell the chromer not to chrome the stem (he will cover the stem).

Where these parts chromed? I though the yolks where painted and the stem plain steel?

L.A.B. · Jul 4, 2011

john robert bould said:
I though the yolks where painted

Yes, they were, but that's not to say owners can't have the yokes chrome plated if they want (unless c-c-71 is under the impression that they were chrome plated originally)?

daveparry · Jul 4, 2011

yolks
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Yokes John, yolks are for eggs! sorry, it's just one of those words that grates my nerves when I see it wrongly spelt!

Dave.

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