Hi chaps,
Firstly Im not trying to advise anybody or tell anybody anything, this is just a general observation for discussion!
Last night at a barby I met some old mates,we all used to own A10s and A65s in our late teens /early twenties.We all built our own engines,using a good local engineer to grind cranks and bore barrels.We all used to thrash the bikes and did lots of miles as we never had cars, none of our engines ever blew up! The timing side journel was always ground by the engineer to fit the proper lead bronze bush available easily then,which we used to press into the heated casing.
My point is -were we lucky , ignorant and on a budget?
-carefree with plenty of cranks,cases and rods in reserve?
Because two of us now have A10s again which we are building engines for, and after reading quite a few posts, it would seem that to even contemplate a rebuild without line reaming means guaranteed disaster! So,are we more enlightened now,or too precious (because parts are rarer and more expensive).
Im not a mechanic or engineer but have built many Norton,Harley,Ajs,twins and single engines and none have ended in mechanical disaster so is it the idiosyncracies of BSAs timing side that separates it from these others ,and should me and my mate get TL Engineering ,SRM,or suchlike to line ream our timing side to avoid tears!