Locknut

[murdo]

Anybody have any suggestions on where to buy a 1"x26tpi nut in Australia please. Need one for my RE model G2.

[R]

Somehow missed this post, or would have replied sooner.

Modaks in Melbourne or BJs in Brisbane are likely places.
Both have extensive stocks of everything, and a longtime history with RE.
Modaks are mail order only these days, I understand.

Hitchcocks in the UK are pretty good too.
And postage is not too bad on small light items, sent economy airmail.
Can be quicker than internal aussie post !!

[murdo]

Thanks for the reply. Modaks cannot help, didn't know about BJ's in Brisbane, will ring them tomorrow. Hichcock's it yet to be explored as thier listing does not show the nut. May have to make one yet (I checked my lathe and it can do 26tpi).
Do you know what angle the BSC threads are please?

[R]

Surprising about Modaks, I thought they had about everything under the sun.

Is this not a crankpin nut - item 5
(Or the shaft nut item 23.)
This is a 1950s Bullet, G2

https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/partsbook-pages/1478#page-1478-position-5

All British Cycle Thread is 60 degrees.
BSF & Whitworth are 55 degrees.
BA is 47 1/2 degrees.

Needs to be GOOD steel.

[Rex]

If you have access to a lathe or pillar drill, why not get some hex stock and the relevant tap and make one?

[murdo]

Thank you for the replies. I am putting tapered roller bearings in the headstem and need a locknut to hold the tension when fitting the top plate.
Thanks Rex but I would hate to think of the price of a tap to use once. I will cut a thread in some bar stock with my lathe.
1951 G2 Bullet trials.