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BillT said:That same drive is used on BSA Gold Stars and Super Rockets. If you know a BSA guy, he can probably hook you up.
I've got a couple drives that are missing the driven gear. Seems if they stick, that vertical pops the cover off the bottom of the drive and ends up on the road somewhere. I bought one for parts from a BSA guy that had been safety-wired just for that.
Regarding welding the slider...I had my original left slider welded by a local shop because it was split at the bottom (which was why it was abandoned at the dealer back in the '70s). No issues with heat distortion, but I did have bubbles in the weld that seeped on and off (he told me this was likely). Finally replaced it last year with an ebay slider. This same guy has welded ears on other sliders with no issues.
That looks like what happened to my drive. It is missing the driven and rear disk plate. Thanks for the info on the BSA's I do know a few people and will ask around. Mike P has new but "Big Dollars" :shock:
Mike Partridge told me that a lot of sliders got cracked because water got into them and got frozen over winter. :shock: I can’t see how that would happen if the seals are good? Who knows what 40 years of past will dish out. My one slider had lots of Porosity bubbles at the welds and a broken off lug. The tapped holes for the upper fender stay attachment were over/bore stud with a machined step (A two diameter stud) and tapped to bring it to the fender slot dimension. There was a lot wrong with it. I got to hand it to the PO for being frugal. :roll:
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Thomas
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