yves norton seeley
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Hi there,
I had three wishes for 2016:
An Yam TD/TZ 260mm 4ls front brake: Done
An Ceriani GP front fork: Done
An Yam TD/TZ 200mm rear brake: Just done
LIke I say in a previous topic, I gat power enough, and now the most important to me is the look of my Seeley.
I did't not like the look of the disc brakes and Roadholder fork, thats why I change the front disc for a Yam TD/TZ 260mm 4ls front brake and the fork for a Ceriani GP
So far so good, but the rear disc was still there and don't match the front of my Seeley so I start searching for a Yam TD/TZ rear brake.
And I found one: an original, not a replica, I paid 650 Euros for the complete weel includind DID rim
The weel and brake where in good condition, but still need a lot of work to make it near perfect and to fit it in the Seeley.
If you think that this work can be done in two days, you are dreaming, it take me 14 days of labour to do the job:
First problem: The shaft from the Yam is 20mm and the one from the Seeley is 17mm, So I put a sleeve in the brake plate to reduce it to 17mm and change the three berarings to 17mm ID.
Second problem: The cosmetic, after 40 years you can imagine that everithing was not very shiny, I dismanteld the weel and aquablast the drum, polish the brake plate and rim, the rim give me a lot of work to polish becouse a DID rim is anodized, and this is hard to remove, and i am not satisfied with the result so I will probably change the DID frim for a Borrani later...
After I respoke the weel with stainless spokes with the rim in the middel, no offset.
The most difficult was to align the rear weel whit the front, I make different bushes and use shim washers to have it nearly perfect.
So when the weels are in line, the next job was to put the rear sprocket in line with the front sprocket, i have to put the weel in the lathe and remove 6mm from the side of the drum where the rear sprocket is fit, so job done and checked with a Lazer beam.
The anchor bar from the disc caliper was to short, so I make a longer one
The last problem was the cable, I treceive the original one with the weel, but it was make for a right hand brake pedal, and i have a left hand pedal, so I make a new cabel.
Dont ask me how the drum is working, they put salt on the roads, this will be for later, I keep you posted
Yves