hazel

the six spring...not really much to ,m..... there really only is what is in
the parts book... getting all the parts into it...
getting it to actually work...now that is a challenge...

i set mine with a dial guage and magnetic base...there is enough room just
behind the engine sprocket to set the magnet base on...and then...pull in the
clutch, start pedaling and adjusting the nuts... takes me about 15 minutes of
steady work to get down to 10 thou runout...cant get much better than that as
the basket generally has that much wobble...
i leave the locking nuts off and use a nut driver...i have knocked out all my
spring studs and replaced with 1/4 inch fine thread studs...
using the dial guage is the only way i can get my clutch to work...any more
than 30 thou runout......and either slips...or drags......
i have got new springs from the local building supply and as they were
longer...turned 6 new spring cups...
the old cork clutch burned out last week... could only get 2 of the 4 i
needed...what to do??? found myself looking at my cork pinboard...
well...go get the frypan flipper...off came the sheet... out with the buck
knife...couple hours later...had all new corkys fitted and sanded flush... 300
k,s now...and no adjustment...works very well...i have heard that composite cork
doesnt work.....but so far seems fine... and i only use the 350 number of plates
in my clutch...for a 500...
my six spring works very well...thats in big city traffic...30 and better
degrees...
to get the chaincase to hold oil... i cut a bit melamine kitchen (5/8s)
cabinet wood neat to fit inside on the gasket surfaces...silly con both sides of
the metal... run a few screws thru to tighten up both sides neatly...let
dry...pop off the board...wallah...and then you have 2 flat mating
surfaces...bit of vaseline or?? on the melamine surfaces to make sure doesn,t
stick... silly con the cork gasket (just cut out of sheet rubber cork) to the
outer...mine holds oil very well...

--- In bsa@yahoogroups.com, "haze5555" <hazel.sfb@...> wrote:
>
> I'm at the stage where I need to re-assemble the clutch on my B31. All I have
at the moment is the exploded diagram from the parts book.
>
> I've previously put fitted a couple of Triumph clutches to bikes without any
hiccups so I'm not entirely clueless but I'm just trying to find as much info as
I can before getting stuck in.
>
> There seems to be a scarcity of information on 'tinternet - I've got a couple
of links to discussions on other forums that look helpful but is there a manual
that might be useful?
>
> I've got a copy of the BSA service sheet and I've got the Pitman Book of the
BSA - both useful but nothing like as comprehensive as using the combined wisdom
of the Haynes Book of Lies and Rupert Ratio when I assembled the Tribsa clutch.
>
> Any info/advice would be gratefully received!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hazel
>