Dave Taylor Head Steady bolts for Spring device

B+Bogus said:

Old Bloke said:

I should add I too had to remove material from the clamp so it would tighten to the frame, but I've got a mini-mill so wasn't too much of a job. I'd assumed I'd got a frame with an undersize frame rail, Italian maybe. I'd heard other people say they had clamps too large, so fitted shimming materials to allow a tight fit.

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I had to do this as well - just another example of us Brits 'nearly' getting it right :roll:

My frame is Italian, and the tube in question was measured in bare metal to be exactly 25.4 of your Napoleonic millimetres.
As the clamp is bored to One of Her Majesty's Imperial inches, the diameter is right: The inability of the clamp to er... clamp is a bit of a disappointment!

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It's strange how disappointment with aftermarket parts becomes the norm, I just expect stuff to need "fettled" after I recieve it nowadays. When something fits out of the box, I'm usually delighted

Talking of which, I've lined myself up for a large "disappointment" today, having ordered an Indian roadster tank from Partsparadise. Having not found a way to salvage my lovely fibreglass Roadster tank, short of cutting it to pieces and reforming it, I'm taking a gamble on a steel one.

What could go wrong! (doesn't get delivered, get hit with importation duty, doesn't fit, looks like a 1980's Honda traillie tank, leaks, full of rust/dents..........).

We'll see.

Peter