1: Howmanysuchstays andtorque
armshavebeen binnedoverthe years?
Thistookabit offindingIcan tell you.
2: Itfits,atl east at the
brake plateend.
3: It just needs anut...
4: ...a^7 ⁄ 16 th cycle,which can
have 20tpior2 6tpi...fun, eh?
5: Awirebrush cleans up thebosson
theplate andthe n ut so it canfiton.
6: The swinging armhasalugonthe
frontforthe otherend to locate in
andit’stapped, so abolt screws in.
7: No,Ididn’t have theright
lengt hbut adie makesshort
work of cuttingalonger thread.
8: Both en ds located–progression.1
3
4
6
8
5
7
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it doesn’twork.” Norwould it,asthe drum
hadbeenfilledwith oil, though tobe fair the
squeakingdid stop!
What this is allcomingtoisthatwhile
alot ofpeoplethink theycan dostuff,the
actuality is different.Yearsago,when the
basis of this project arrivedinmythen
Aberdeenshire-based workshop,itdidn’t
looktoobad.Theseller whohadadvertised
it inOldBikeMartclaimed ithadbeen
runningwhen hepulledthe bikeapart.
ThesedaysI’d ask whyhehadpulled a
runningbikeapart, butthenIdidn’t.
Inthewayofthesethings,Ididn’teven
touch the engine forafewyearsand it
wasn’t untilthebeginningofthis project
and after the arrivalofafew morebitsthat
putthe whole idea intoaviable mode,that
the internalswere inspected. Ibeganto
suspectthe long-goneseller’s rose-tinted
view of the enginewaslessapleasingMisty
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