What Did You Do With Your Commando Today?

CanukNortonNut said:
Looks like the updated bearing is on the layshaft. What was the reason for going in there?
Just a side note as per Mick Hemmings, The numbers on the outer and inner sleeve should be in the same direction.
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In situ replacement methinks . The smartest thing a Norton owner should do .
 
Torontonian said:
In situ replacement methinks . The smartest thing a Norton owner should do .
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But the bearing is not the problem here. The crack is. The bearing has already been changed. I think that's why the pictures in this tread show the crack from the OP @ #2739.
Anyone have luck with loctite 609 or 638 to retain these bearing outer race to prevent them from spinning? Or is the outer case toast?
These gearboxes were only designed for 30+ HP.
 
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Usually those Portagese layshaft bearings fail at around 10k/12k miles when mine did in 1978, lucky it blew outside of my house when I put it in gear and man did it go bang when it did, my mate's 850 blew 100 miles from home but was lucky he got it into 4th gear and rode all the way home in 4th, including stop lights as the bottom of a big hill climb going through Nambour, the bronze clutch plates did their job lol.

Ashley
 
CanukNortonNut said:
But the bearing is not the problem here. The crack is. The bearing has already been changed. I think that's why the pictures in this tread show the crack from the OP @ #2739.
Anyone have luck with loctite 609 or 638 to retain these bearing outer race to prevent them from spinning? Or is the outer case toast?
These gearboxes were only designed for 30+ HP.
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the crack has been the same for 45,000 hard ridden miles.

Not an issue.
 
Torontonian said:
Today ; went to the Toronto - Stockyards Canadian Tire ( on the Norton , running quite well ) , to buy a Fiamm Freeway blaster horn , a new fuse holder , blue shop towels . Met Eugene by chance , who told me of the Lucha Libre wrestling show Aug. 18 th . at Parkdale Hall this summer . I have 4 vintage / Norton motorbike rallies lined up for this summer / fall in Canada .
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Can anyone help with wiring the new FB Fiamm horn to my relay ? Instructions are poorly worded and printed . Fuse holder is from relay to ?
 
concours said:
It shifted poorly.

Recent rebuilt, a dimenionally inaccurate shift fork.
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How is the dog leg spring? Less than .005" between top and bottom of the crescent gear selector pawl. Or are gear/s jumping out and going to a false neutral?
...after shifting to another gear with power on? eg. 2nd to 3rd???
"Recent rebuilt, a dimenionally inaccurate shift fork." Got a picture?
 
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Rode the Commando to breakfast in the nice 62*F sunny day. Rode around for another 1 1/2 hrs then went and did a job. After finishing I rode for another couple of hours and met the wife for dinner. A beautiful day of food, work and riding. I’m hesitant to even say anything but my bike is running the best it has ever run right now. I am totally loving riding this bike. I’ve been riding every day for the last three weeks putting the miles on and am feeling increasingly confident in the bikes reliability. Not quite confident enough to ride the 972 mi. to grandpauls place but I’m getting there.
 
at Kempton yesterday, I got set of 8 gears, two shafts, selectors, for £90, mostly in vg condition.
There was a Commando SS for sale for £6,600. No idea how genuine it was, but had the proper high level front mudguard and bracket, and correct tank.

There was a pair of not perfect black chrome black cap silencers, and Interstate cigar chrome silences, all reasonably priced, from Reg Allen’s closed down shop in West London.
 
Re-torqued the head and set valve clearances. Checked fuel/oil and then went on an hour long ride before the rain hit.
 
Getting my mk3 ready for my rookie run at the SCTA El Mirage dry lake competition. Had to order a new rear master cylinder at the last minute cause this one started pissing. Hope it gets here in time... Wish me luck!
George
 
Thats a good deal. My classic policy is Footman James, with a VMCC members discount and its a lot more than that. Agreed value on the Commando and T140 with unlimited mileage and included to take pillion passengers.
 

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