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British Bikes / Re: Oil
« on: January 02, 2019, 07:10:07 PM »
I’d not heard about kicking it over with the ignition off until I looked through some previous posts on here a couple of days ago.
I’m gonna have to get into the habit.

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British Bikes / Oil
« on: January 01, 2019, 03:10:22 PM »
Ok a question about oil, again this is prompted by my Triumph 3TA from 1962 but it could apply to a good few bikes I suppose.
According to my book.
Engine oil is SAE 20 or 30
Gearbox is SAE 50
Primary Chaincase is SAE 20
Does a modern 20/50 do it all or do you use two different oils ?
‘Similar’ questions have come up before, the reason I’m asking is I’ve used a Classic Vehicle 20/50 for everything but selecting 1st gear is a bit ‘noisy’ changing up and down is then ok.
I’ve inspected the clutch which though not perfect seems ok. It was dragging if I had the bike running on the stand but trueing the pressure plate seems to have resolved that.
Is it the oil causing a graunch when selecting 1st (sometimes it’s just a clunk)
I don’t mind tackling the gearbox but … if it just the wrong oil it’s a bit of overkill.
The Classic Vehicle oil looks very much like Duckhams Q 20/50 by the way.

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British Bikes / Re: Wheel alignment
« on: December 28, 2018, 09:11:44 PM »
Thanks for the replies. I’d had the string out with the bike up on a lift so the centre stand wasn’t in the way. As this is fairly important I thought it was best to ask. I’m glad I was on the right track (pun intended).

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British Bikes / Re: Wheel alignment
« on: December 28, 2018, 09:48:10 AM »
Thank you both, I’ve not respoked wheels so they may be either right or wrong.
I’d not though of measuring from swinging arm spindle to wheel spindle, I’ll add that into the mix.
It makes you wonder how anyone rode and serviced them back in the day but it probably helps to explain why Japanese bikes quickly became popular with simple things like frame markings to help owners.

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British Bikes / Wheel alignment
« on: December 27, 2018, 11:04:20 PM »
This question relates to a Triumph 3TA but I suppose it would be the same for other makes and models. 
I’ve done a complete strip down and rebuild on a 3TA. It’s now coming to the final adjustments and make sure everything is tightened up time before I ride it up the road.
There are no marks on the frame to indicate that the rear wheel is pulled back evenly so how do you do this ?
To my thinking the front wheel and rear wheel should run in line, one behind the other but if I set this up with a piece of string I find that the rear wheel isn’t sitting evenly between the swinging arm. Also it’s not even if you look at the rear adjusters.
So what do you set it up to?

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