taylor head steady rubbing inner part of gas tank

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I had that problem with my cNw head steady. It manifested itself as a buzzing noise at certain RPM. Fixed it just by raising the back of the tank up with an extra piece of rubber padding.
 
Studying the design it looks like the rose joints are mounted on a piece of threaded bar & physically butt up against one another..

A male and female screwed together, no threaded bar.
taylor head steady rubbing inner part of gas tank
 
If that's the case Les shortening the female by a few MM (and making sure the male inst bottoming out) should give me the required clearance :)
I will try increasing/decreasing front & rear packing as this is the easiest solution,

But i cant see now that attacking the end of the rose with the dremmel is such a good idea as the wall thickness just isn't there
 
When my aftermarket non Emgo tank was found to interfere with the DT headsteady, I made up a spreader out of a six in long section 2x4 with a hole drilled part into it. Fitted a dome headed carriage bolt into the hole, with larger washer and nut against the wood. Positioned in tank tunnel so that dome head against witness mark on tank abd gently wound down the nut against washer/wood to force dome against tank. This easily made a nice dimple where needed. No more contact with headsteady. No paint damage. But you could put a bit of electric tape on the tank or dome head prior to this to reduce any marring.
 
When my aftermarket non Emgo tank was found to interfere with the DT headsteady, I made up a spreader out of a six in long section 2x4 with a hole drilled part into it. Fitted a dome headed carriage bolt into the hole, with larger washer and nut against the wood. Positioned in tank tunnel so that dome head against witness mark on tank abd gently wound down the nut against washer/wood to force dome against tank. This easily made a nice dimple where needed. No more contact with headsteady. No paint damage. But you could put a bit of electric tape on the tank or dome head prior to this to reduce any marring.
I bet this might work with those having clearance issues with the carb gantry.
 
I took the linkage off and took my Dremel tool with a lil grinder on it and with the care of a brain surgeon relieved a c*unt hair width amount of metal from the rubbing spots..
I presume you mean off the rose joint "outer"?
I have "modified" rose joints in the past and it is surprising how much metal you can remove. I would take more than a few hairs and ensure you have good clearance. I usually linished them with a bench sander.
Also, I would recommend you put some teflon tape over the "rub" spots on the tank tunnel for added protection
Cheers
 
I presume you mean off the rose joint "outer"?
I have "modified" rose joints in the past and it is surprising how much metal you can remove. I would take more than a few hairs and ensure you have good clearance. I usually linished them with a bench sander.
Also, I would recommend you put some teflon tape over the "rub" spots on the tank tunnel for added protection
Cheers
Agree, the joints in our application are not taking anywhere near their max loading. Grind away!
 
I presume you mean off the rose joint "outer"?
I have "modified" rose joints in the past and it is surprising how much metal you can remove. I would take more than a few hairs and ensure you have good clearance. I usually linished them with a bench sander.
Also, I would recommend you put some teflon tape over the "rub" spots on the tank tunnel for added protection
Cheers
It's so much easily than having to take a grinder to the rose joint, which goes against my engineering background.
The rose joint is a male & female screwed together... I have measured the overal length, stripped down which is apiece of piss, stuck the female in the lathe (or hacksaw) and taken off 5mm
Measured the depth of hole against the male to the make sure it's not bottomed out...
Assembled on engine and with a maker pen skirted an assembly line, disassembled and loctited back together
I now have a centrally mounted tank against the head stock, clearance between rose joint and tank and now even more clearance on the opposite side for the carb gantry
 
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