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Technical (Descriptive Topic Titles - Stay on Topic) => A7 & A10 Engine => Topic started by: anjimehra on 22.03. 2010 06:44
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Fired up the bike & evrything ran fine for the first 3 days. Was feeling really chuffed, but alas tragedy struck. Found the exhaust rocker shaft doing a jig of its own with oil spewing out of the banjo. Stopped engine whipped off the rocker box & found a broken Exhaust rocker shaft. Examination of the sheared face showed it was an old break with the shaft attached by only 3 mm of metal which now failed. Didnt notice this as the shaft looked intact & Ive never had one fail on me before.
Does anyone know where I can source one from? Push comes to a shove, I can make one here, but would like to avoid the hassle
Anji
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Mark of BOA has listed two on his homepage:
http://www.vintage-motorcycle.com/index.php?language=de&site=4&pid=11&id=5865&gesucht=true&suche=normal&suchstring=rocker%20bsa
http://www.vintage-motorcycle.com/index.php?language=de&site=4&pid=11&id=5870&gesucht=true&suche=normal&suchstring=rocker%20bsa
Unfortunately there is no more description about whether they are A10, but they look like they are to me.
You can drop Mark an email, he has many used spares that are not on the homepage. Maybe he will have something for you.
Cheers, Markus
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Gday Anji, I have had exactly the same happen to me about 25years ago. I couldnt work out how the shaft would brake, but it did. Maybe it droped at some stage and cracked or it was from an engine that blow up from racing or something. It was a hotted up engine it had very high compression pistons, ported out big valve head and 357 cam.
I rode it for a little while with a broken shaft because it was my only transport at the time. I hadnt pulled the shaft out at that stage so I didnt know what was wrong. It leaked oil quite a bit but I had to get to work etc. I didnt have any spares at all then it was my first BSA.
You see rocker boxes on ebay all the time with rockers and shafts for not alot of money. The shaft doesnt need to be new one a second hand one is fine.
You're in India are you? If you dont see one on ebay soon let me know I have plenty of them. I even have new ones still in wax but I wont sell them. cheers Terry
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Hi Marcus
Thanks for the help . Ive sent mark a photo of the spindle & await his reply
Terry, I might have to take you up on your offer of a used spindle. How much would it cost & what would be the postage costs to India?
Thanks guys & take care
Anji
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Hello Anji!
I just realized that it is the rocker SHAFT you need, I thought it was one of the rockers that broke. I should take a bit more time reading the posts prior to replying *smile*
Sorry!
Nevertheless, Mark has one listed:
http://www.vintage-motorcycle.com/index.php?language=de&site=4&pid=11&id=403&gesucht=true&suche=normal&suchstring=rocker%20spindle
Not particularly cheap, but as manufacturing one includes case hardening and grinding to size, probably the easier way. AFAIK the inlet and exh. shafts are identical.
Cheers, Markus
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Hi Marcus
Ive written to Mark with a photo of the part & await his reply
Anji
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Hi, got a 'Kipphebelachse' *smile* in very good condition, you can have if other sources cannot supply.
e
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too bad I can't hear you saying it *smile* *smile* *smile*
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Hi A10GF
Thanks a million for the offer. Iam currently trying to procure one locally, failing which I shall take you up on the offer.
By the way, I see you are from Norway.I used to visit Norway with my classmate, who was Norwegian, every Christmas from 1962 to 1964. His father was a doctor in some place called Nes Hedmark ?????? I remember we used to drive across this frozen lake to reach his home. Have you been there? Temps wer minus 30 if I remember correctly, or atleast it felt so
This Norwegian friend, Yan Hvidsten, used to ride a Road Rocket & I had a Super Rocket which I still have.
Take care
Anji
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SRM have them on their on line store
http://www.srmclassicbikes.com/catalogue/index.php?target=products&product_id=1123
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BSA-A10-A7-ROCKER-ARMS-WASHERS-AND-SPINDLES_W0QQitemZ120551978587QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item1c1175365b
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Hi Terryck
Thanks once again. I have asked my daughter in the UK to try & get this. The only difference I can see on these shafts is that they dont have the lubricating groove along the length of the shaft. Attaching a photo om broken shaft
Take care
Anji
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Hi A10 GF
Thanks for the offer. How much would you charge & what would be the postage to India?
Take care
Anji
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If you need it, you can have it for free incl shipping. The shafts on the srm and other sites, surely have the oil groove, maybe only not showing on the photo ? Read you have been in Norway, and yes it's cold in winter, inland, along the coast here much warmer. Been in Hedmark, just driving thru http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nes_(Hedmark). And I've been traveling in India in my younger days, Jaipur, Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and more.
Regards
e
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Hi A10 GF
Iam going to take you up on your kind offer, as Iam still unable to lay my hands on one here.
When were you in India last. Why dont you get a bunch of your biker friends & come & do a biking trip here with us.Check the web site at www.ventureonwheels.in. If you like hardcore off roading we can take you up to 5600 meters in the high Himalayas on Enfield 500's
Thanks & take care
Anji
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Will get it in the post (edited out your address from public view, better with PM or email).
Will be back with more answer. e
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Thanks. Just one request. when posting just add that it is a used ,old spindle. This will reduce the hassles with customs at this end.
Take care & thanks
Anji
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Sent it today, registered post, hope it will arrive within decent time. As for a new tour to India, would love to, but health is not the best regarding long travels, and the same with my motorcycle mates ! Wish I was 18 again... at that age we did nor realize how lucky we were !
Regards
e
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Thanks A10GF. Much obliged. Now eagerly awaiting the arrival of the parcel.Will keep you posted
I dont think one ever goes over 18 when ones a biker. Try a trip here. Iam sure it will rejuvenate you.
When were you in India ?
Take care
Anji
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Hi A10 GF
Does the rocker spindle parcel have a tracking no? That way I could keep tabs on it & see if its stuck up in customs
Thanks
Anji
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Registered airmail, 7-9 days. RR 0914 8676 6 NO
Should be no problems in customs, *smile* as it was marked with this info:
Content: parts for ballistic missile. Country of origin: North Korea. Value: USD 190000.-
e
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Thats funny
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You funny man!!!! Seriously, if you actually have put that on it will probably be cleared immediately!!!
Take care
Anji
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it will probably be cleared immediately!!!
Lets just hope that the parts clear the airborne ash first!
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Just checked on the tracker. The shaft arrived in India on the 14th & is now stuck somewhere between Mumbai & Pune, a distance of 150 kms !!!!! Lets see how long that takes. Will keep you posted
Anji
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Anji,
Not sure you should be worried yet, I purchased a set of hand reamers off fleabay from India, 5 months and 8 days to arrive.
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Josh, your bits got to Perth in 8 days. Took 5 months to track you down in Cairns. *eek*
Cheers
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Hi A10GF
The spindle arrived today, 12 days after leaving Oslo. As you had predicted, the North Korean angle helped enormously & the parcel just whizzed thru customs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It actually landed in Delhi from Norway,& then came on to Pune ( 1800 kms South )
Thanks a million for your generosity. Maybe some day I can reciprocate . Ive already mounted the spindle & will hopefully fire up the engine tomorrow. Shall keep you posted
Take care
Anji
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Hi Josh
See, were not that bad. Its the postal service at your end, me thinks. 12 days from Oslo to Pune via Delhi is NOT BAD??
Take care
Anji
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Excellent, glad the part fitted fine, and glad to be of help.
The spindle came off a complete spare rockerbox, acquired from ebay US as I needed a rocker because of a chip in one of mine. So the spindle have traveled quite some distance before getting back into use.
Regards
e
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great story with a happy ending have to get the tissues out now *smile*
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^^ lol
..and here is the photo of the local postman leaving with the well packaged spindle, eagerly looking forward to his journey through north norway > finland > russia > afghanistan etc heading for India. Buy him a beer or two.
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you are a funny fella E must be something in the water over there
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Looking very carefully here at the Postman and his steed. He is riding a BSA Bysickle. *smile*
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Well spotted LJ!
Got to give me your optician's address. *eek* *smile*
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installed the rocker shaft & took the bike for a trial run 5 weeks back. Just got on to the main road 2 km away when the clutch stopped working & the kick spring broke.Got the bike back home & opened up the gear box cover & clutch cover.
The supposedly "original" operating rod had a big hole at either end & was obviously not hardened.Got a length of En 19 & induction hardened the ends to about 50 RC. Decided to replace the friction plates too but none available here for the dry clutch. Ultimately took off the old inserts & replaced them with cork.Will now try & run the clutch without the housing so that oil can get to the cork. Keep your fingers crossed. Just awaiting the kick spring which I have given to a workshop to make
NEVER A DULL MOMENT
Take care
Anji
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hi anj
i used to run a bullet tour company from delhi in the late 90's,i bet there's lots of companys now,i spent many years traveling in india,and repatriated many bikes aswell,always miss it,your not living in that ashram in puna are you ?
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Hi Andy
Nice to hear from you. My son & I have also been running a bike tour company in India since 1995 using Enfields.I dont know if youve been to our site @ventureonwheels.in Yes theres lots of company's doing this out of Delhi, one cheaper than the other & its totally screwed up the market. We actually try & cater to the born again bikers whove come back into biking after having left it for the rat race & can now get back with a vengeance.Not that we dont encourage the younger lot too. Where do you live nowadays?
What did you call your company? We actually do the whole of India dependant on the season. Summers its Ladakh, Himachal, Uttranchal & the North East. Winters its Rajasthan, South India, Kerala etc.
I assume youve been to Pune since you mention the ashram. We stay in Koregaon Park a short walk away from the Ashram. If you ever do come to India you are most welcome to come & stay with us & we can exchange notes. Incidentally, I rode my Super Rocket back to India from UK in 1965 & in 1964 did a trip in North Africa on the Super Rocket. We rode down through france, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco to Marakesh & across the Northern tip of the Sahara to Algeria , Tunisia . Still have the 1961 Super Rocket which is next in line for restoration after the Flash is done ( or rather WHEN the Flash is done )
What bikes do you have? Do keep in touch & take care
Anji
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motorcycle tours international,we did alot of bussiness with madann motors,but in 2000 we had a nightmare with the floods in himacheal and had a very stressfull time trying to keep 14 customers safe,so i gave it up and madann motors didnt send my last shipment,so i'd had enough,may return one day,
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Andy,
Reading your post about the near catastrophic tour, I was curous to know what "Madaan Motors" was about. I was amused to find this link:
www.madaanmotorsthief.com . It's an amusing story (to me, at least), and I wonder if it doesn't explain your last shipment that wasn't sent.
Richard L.
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Yes, I know Arun from Madaan Motors for many years.He was also tied up with some German company called I think Asia Bike tours ???
but for the past 2 years this has also slowed down.He is currently concentrating on exporting Enfields & parts for classic bikes.How come he held up your shipment?
Sorry to hear about your bad experience with him & also the floods. Where did you get stuck.Was it somewhere near Wangtu, when the Chinese let out the flood waters at Parichuu in Tibet into the Sutlej.