Quick release wheel

[thicket]

Hello, I have a 1955 model 19s Norton. This has the rear wheel fastened on to the sprocket-ed brake drum with three studs and a spindle through the axle. The brake drum and final drive chain stops in place on a stub axle. Now i cannot get get the stub axle tight enough to stop there being movement when the wheel is in place. You know hold the wheel top and bottom from the side and pull and push. The manual and spares list show no washers or spacers between the brake drum and stub axle but it feels as though there should be, is there something missing on the brake plate side that would make things tighter? Anyone got any ideas.

[triman65]

Hi  I do know about Nortons. But Triumph had the quick release on the 1964 Bonnevilles. The Brake drum was left on the frame and the wheel came out. The Wheel hub had a spline which mated to the drum and it had a spacer which fitted between the wheel and the frame, this gave the clearence for the splines to disengage. You could try a washer between the wheel and the frame. Are you sure the play is not in the wheel bearings.

Mick

[thicket]

Thanks Mick, I'll try the washer. P.S. the bearings are new. Steve.

[R]

Have you got full width alloy hubs or the earlier style ?
The parts books shows a whole string of washers and spacers along the axles and around the bearings. Is the spacer that goes through the brake plate around the right way, it has 2 slightly different diameters, which have to fit into other components.
There is quite a thick spacer outboard of the brake plate too...   hth.

[thicket]

The earlier type not the full width i think it's called a "cotton wheel". Thanks for the information i'll check it out.

[thicket]

Lads, i finally fixed it. I did chamge the bearings but also the spindle and stub axle and all is ok now.