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[Wanted: Parts] trailing arm for a balljpint beam

chewy356

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April 4, 2012
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need one trailing arm for ballpoint frontend, doesn't matter which one or condition. just need to hold torsion leaves for machining.
meath or north Dublin would be great an I will pick up.

thanks for reading.
 

Tim

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need one trailing arm for ballpoint frontend, doesn't matter which one or condition. just need to hold torsion leaves for machining.
meath or north Dublin would be great an I will pick up.

thanks for reading.

Any chance of a picture of that old thumper:D

Cant help with the trailing arm tho.
 

stump

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April 25, 2011
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Hey Chewy..

The best way to drill them is on a milling machine or a proper drill press. As they are hardened steel, the leaves will try and move when the drill hits them. You need to drill them SLOWLY, with a centre drill and then a drill with the correct angle to secure the grub screw.

It is a 15 minute job with the right gear. If you get them up to me i will drill them out for you.

Cheers, Paul.
 

chewy356

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April 4, 2012
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cheers for the offer Paul. There is a local lad here who does bits for me, he has a a full on machine shop out the back of his house with 30ft long lathes and all sorts and I get him to do a few bits for me. Caddy posted pics a while back of doing the machining of the dimple and he used an old trailing arm to hold the spring plates tight, and then drilled through the grub screw hole - seemed like a good plan, so was going to give my guy the old trailing arm and let him use it the same way.

Tim, I don't seem to have a decent picture, at least I cannot find one on this computer.
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Tim

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Picture is great, the old AJ.. brings back many memories. I had a good few of the old singles myself. used to do a lot of work on them back in the day. Not too many around now though.
Nothing like the sound of a single cylinder thumper......

Nice one:D
 

AntiGrav

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June 15, 2007
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Picture is great, the old AJ.. brings back many memories. I had a good few of the old singles myself. used to do a lot of work on them back in the day. Not too many around now though.
Nothing like the sound of a single cylinder thumper......

My brother back in New Zealand used to have a Matchless G80. Amazing machine. 500cc single wasn't it? He still has a Norton Electra packed in grease in his garage. There were some great bikes in the neigbourhood - Norton , AJS, Indian, Triumph. When I hear an old British bike, it is like listening to music :D