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...... revived this thread to help others with sludge trap issues. ......
...... service sheet on the sludge trap crankshaft, note what it says about the big ......
...... on 09.10. 2021 13:30 I always airtest the sludge trap plugs; Fair enough, Richard, but when it ......
...... past winter I've gone the route. Long stroke trap plugs are smaller so you will have a screw slot ............ heat and a impact screwdriver. To just check the sludge trap it will entail taking the whole package out ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: easiest sludge trap retaining nut removals
« by limeyrob on 15.11. 2023 08:41 »...... the receipt somewhere, it was about £30!). The sludge trap was solid and I'd done all the oil ............ 's and never had the same problems with the sludge trap. ......
...... gets to the crank, then it has to to fill the sludge trap before you have actual pressure there for ............ mains. I figured pre-oiling the sludge trap would cut some of the time out of this. But ............ where there are none. But while installing the sludge tube it struck me how large of an empty cavity ......
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A7 1946-1950 / A7 Rigid/Longstroke crank flywheel bolts & sludge trap plugs?
« by RoadRunner on 19.05. 2011 22:10 »...... (Rigid?) which is missing the 6 flywheel bolts and sludge trap plugs for some reason! Looks like its been ............ know where I can source these 6 bolts/nuts and 2 sludge trap plugs? Are they the same as the A7 plunger ............ bolts with the part number 67-301 and sludge trap plug number 65-615? It's not urgent since ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: How often do you clean the sludge trap ?
« by a101960 on 14.11. 2015 14:33 »...... the crankcases to remove the plug and check the sludge trap ? Unfortunately ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: splitting cases and cleaning sludge trap?
« by trevinoz on 11.05. 2009 23:50 »...... so makes life a bit easier. I would replace the sludge trap screws with the Allen type. Loctite will ......
...... how often they need doing. I would guess that sludge formation is less using modern oils so you can ............ that, my first bike, a Honda SS50 moped, had a sludge trap in the clutch and that got well packed with ......
...... not me). SG of water is 1 so 30ml = 30g. If the trap was 1/2 full = 15g. Now the SG of the sludge ......
...... they thought they were being cleaver reducing the sludge trap, people do stupid things, it is April fools ............ been expoxied into the hole instead of a normal sludge plug. OK so now on to the plug on the drive side ............ and at the moment I am fixated on sorting out the sludge plugs and I hope they will be sorted in the next ......
...... at the journal end of the crank (around the sludge trap bolt) prevents much movement sideways of the ......
...... on 07.10. 2015 13:06 I just Googled "BSA A10 sludge trap" to find that picture. OK Richard, no ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: Loctite for retaining the sludge trap cover screw
« by Topdad on 09.11. 2017 13:05 »...... also have the sludge trap secured by Loctite ,hex headed plug ,was ......
...... and was wondering what tap size it is for the sludge trap plugs as the threads are all buggered up.. ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: A10 Small journal sludge trap thread size?
« by Greybeard on 26.05. 2018 21:21 »...... 12:47 You should be able to find allen headed sludge trap bolts. These are a better idea as they are a ......
...... ’t notice when I took the sludge trap out of the crank one end is flared the other ......
...... can be cleaned out. That's it! Not called a 'Sludge Trap' in Haynes lingo........but it is there, ......
...... spent most of the morning trying to remove the sludge trap screws, the advice to drill 5/16" dia hole ............ x 3/8". Screws now removed to reveal solid sludge, whole crank now in soak - For me sludge trap ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: Sludge trap hack: a hole in the crankcase
« by BSARoadRocket on 07.12. 2019 23:24 »...... sludge trap plugs are difficult to remove at best. I ............ link socket so it's curved to fit tightly in the sludge trap plug. On top of this I then heat the crank ............ with a torch. On cranks where the sludge trap plugs have never been removed the threads ............ daily transport) I found very little crud in the sludge trap when I opened it up again. With this in ............ it's a real ordeal to get the sludge trap plugs out when the crank is out of the ............ . Trying to get the sludge trap plug out through an access hole in the side ............ and half way regular oil changes cleaning the sludge trap out at each engine rebuild is plenty often. ............ When I've found really dirty sludge traps its when the engine was last used during ............ been rebuilt. With modern detergent oil the sludge trap just won't fill up with crud like they used ......
...... , NEWBIE, DON'T FORGET TO CLEAN OUT THE FREAKIN' SLUDGE TRAP!!!!!!!!! I've got better than any crappy ......
...... but it needs to be asked anyway. Today I took the sludge trap out of my crank to clean it before the ............ toilet. A friend of mine decided to knock the sludge trap out while I was in the loo and the idiot did ......
...... just used your method and managed to remove both sludge trap plugs without damaging a single thread. ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: sludge trap plugs- forum advice appreciated
« by muskrat on 09.12. 2014 08:39 »...... I'm too lazy to drill the center pops first. The sludge trap should be cleaned out EVERY time the crank ......
...... am attempting to remove the sludge trap tube from the crank of my 51 A10 G.F. I have ............ this is a Triumph thing? When I look in the sludge trap from the timing side I see a funnel shaped ............ the centre which gives a clear view through the trap. Looking from the drive side I see the same ............ that a previous owner modified / butchered this trap. ......
...... the oil regularly ? Your going to fill the sludge trap faster. Without a filter, your not even ......
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A7 & A10 Engine / Re: Detergent oils and sludge trap “testing”
« by BagONails on 21.05. 2021 12:14 »...... compounds and wear particles and sink to form sludge wherever the flow of oil slows and they can drop ............ and I would expect the centripital action of the trap cleverly devised by the designers of our engines ......
...... glue basically- like super glue). So on a sludge trap plug it would get 3 drops on the ............ this point you installed the new or reconditioned sludge plug with the blue loctite., I then stand the ......
...... 03:37 You fellas that have to replace with new sludge plugs for your sludge traps, make sure and get ............ factor of what you had before removing the sludge trap plugs, get the same weighted ones again, or ............ at least 5 times that amount of weight from your sludge trap (if it's full). If this weight concern was ............ , when your sludge trap became full, the bike would vibrate itself ......