Rocker spindles

concours said:

kerinorton said:

That wear is pretty common on all older British cars that have done a few miles. You could probably get away with fitting new shafts. Most of us would probably be riding trouble free with our bikes and have worn rocker shafts like that. I f it wasn't noisy before you took it apart, why fix it. If every time we found a rocker shaft on a car that was worn like that and told the customers they needed new ones, they would have a fit. But on the other hand, if you have money to burn, burn it, and give double the amount to the blind and hungry as well.
Just my 2d worth.
Dereck

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+1
Also, invest in IPA's :mrgreen:

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JimNH said:

dynodave said:

These days I do follow threads with issues related to lubrication. Whether for the cranks or the high pressure or return line puke pressure rocker feeds.
After the oil pump testing and research I have done, I am amazed at the low regard that norton owners place on knowing if they have adequate lubrication. (5psi warning light...really :roll: )
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I have an oil pressure gauge. When the timing cover conical seal split the pressure immediately dropped from the 45-50psi +/- to around 15 or so while riding, much lower when idling. A 5psi warning light would have caught my attention at the stop light. My reaction, however, would have been to check the oil and finding the level ok, then checking that oil was returning, which it would have been doing. So I'd have been thinking maybe everything is ok. I'm totally in the oil pressure gauge camp.

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acadian said:

The switch Don supplies with his warning light kit is a 20psi unit, not 5psi

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dynodave said:

acadian said:

The switch Don supplies with his warning light kit is a 20psi unit, not 5psi

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Depending on the oil you use....then the result will be that after a bonzai highway run(in the summer) ...when you get off the highway the light will likely be ON for as much as a half hour until the oil cools down while driving local roads at moderate speeds. It is very possible the light will never go off if you live within 10 miles of the highway.
I run 50W in the summer and have had a oil pressure gauge since 1988 and have been paying attention to it...So I have a pretty good idea what a 20 or 5 psi switch would do... :lol:

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Danno said:

concours said:

kerinorton said:

That wear is pretty common on all older British cars that have done a few miles. You could probably get away with fitting new shafts. Most of us would probably be riding trouble free with our bikes and have worn rocker shafts like that. I f it wasn't noisy before you took it apart, why fix it. If every time we found a rocker shaft on a car that was worn like that and told the customers they needed new ones, they would have a fit. But on the other hand, if you have money to burn, burn it, and give double the amount to the blind and hungry as well.
Just my 2d worth.
Dereck

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+1
Also, invest in IPA's :mrgreen:

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I've been propping up that segment of the market for quite some time now. 8)

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Danno said:

concours said:

kerinorton said:

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Dereck

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+1
Also, invest in IPA's :mrgreen:

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I've been propping up that segment of the market for quite some time now. 8)

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