A Star is born albeit a bit premature!

[mikethebrush]

lovely bike

I remember dumpys rusty nuts

whatever happened to them

[muskrat]

My sort of musik, good one Rusty. http://www.dumpysrustynuts.net/
Cheers

[Brian]

Well done Rusty, it looks fantastic.

Getting the carbies positioned so you can get at the adjusting screws is a bit of a struggle, I fitted a pair of these to mine and that allowed me to swing the bowls far enough back to be able to adjust the mixture and idle screws.

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They are a great bike, you should enjoy riding yours.

[trevinoz]

Rusty,
            I think you will find that a swinging arm and rigid rear spindle and hub are one and the same.
A magnificent job, by the way.
I hope mine looks as good, if I ever get to it!
Trev.

[Rusty nuts]

Thanks Trev

Yes, different part no.s but same length & diameter the only diff being the rigid spindle is slotted.
The distance piece 67-6028 is common to both but needs to be cut so that one flange butts up against the endcover while extending through to meet the spindle sleeve.
The other pieces flange then butts up against the spindle slot in the frame to give a tidy & authentic appearance.
Tried using the distance piece intact but then you cannot use the end cover & the wheel is no longer QD as the distance piece will extend into the hub to meet the spindle sleeve necessitating removal of chain & sliding out the sprocket & hub as one piece.

Cheers

Rusty

[bsa-bill]

I like a nice Black bike and that is a nice Black bike - well done

[Rusty nuts]

Cheers

I did consider Devon red back when I started the plunger, to my eyes it was too much a dull maroon, then saw a few bikes in varying shades up to traffic light red  & decided not for me.
In my book nothing beats black, chrome & gold lining on these bikes.

Rusty

[Brian]

I have to agree Rusty, when it comes to BSA's black and chrome just looks right.

[bikerjohndavies]

Hi Rusty,

When you say you had to cut the distance piece 67-6028, is it a case of just shortening it by a bit or do you need to do something else to it ?

[Rusty nuts]

John

If you look at the parts illustration here, after measuring I had grinders cut (with a very fine disc) 67-6028 & turned one piece around so it became the spacer in your diagram
ie passing through the cover butting up against the spindle sleeve 67-6027 & holding the rubbish pattern cover in place.
The spacer in your diagram is the plunger spacer which has wrong internal diameter.
The other cut part is then used to space the hub from the frame slot giving the appearance of the spindle itself being slotted as 67-6047 which is unobtainable
when using the swinging arm spindle, 67-6161.

Anyone going this route & using a plunger sprocket 67-6123 (the only 46T sprocket I could find, beware, some are made of chocolate!) will also have to get the stub axle bearing ground on both sides otherwise there will be issues with the bearing retaining clip in the sprocket housing, the brake plate & slot in the stub axle engaging in the frame slot.
You cannot use the plunger bearing as ID is wrong so you must use another 65-5883 which is slightly wider & get it ground.

There are I'm sure other solutions but this was the best I could come up with for my situation using the hub I had.

Cheers

Rusty