Also, if you haven't already checked it, when you are setting the cam, make sure you check the crank/cam gear alignment. The thickness of the aftermarket front plate gaskets isn't anywhere near stock, this affects the fore/aft location of the front cam bearing, depending on what you had/are using in the rebuild, it may need attention...
Glen
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: I knew you knew allen heads. No problem.
: 9 ft-lb is what I found for other
: 1/4-28 bolts on Triumphs. Online
: sources go as high as about 12
: depending on the surface finish and dry
: vs lubed.
:
: OK... no pinning thrusts then. I
: decided to take some of my extra,
: thicker thrusts and find the one
: closest to "too tight" and
: sand down the back (steel) side on a
: surface plate using wet/dry paper.
: It's a lot easier to do then set up a
: proper fixture on my mill. I took
: about 1.5 thou off the back of one and
: got the endfloat down to 0.004"
:
: I dry-fit the rods today and all have
: big end clearances very close to.
: 0.0015" I am pleased. Schedule
: permitting, I will pull the crank one
: last time and give it a last cleaning
: and lube (I only cleaned the journals
: so far). I'll check the cam endfloat a
: little later on and hopefully start the
: real assembly work late tomorrow or
: Monday.
:
: Doug L.
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: --Previous Message--
: I obviously meant "allen"
: head
: internal hex... and the spec in the
: Autobooks manual is 9.
: 09.
: Niner.
: or a good snug with a 3/8 drive
: speed-handle...
: I don't pin the thrusts on a stock
: engine. My contention is that it
: doesn't prevent the washers from
: wearing. Clapped-out stiff clutch
: covers and riding the clutch are the
: causes.
: I do have a method to fab a full-circle
: oil-fed bronze washer conversion, and
: the jigs to do it, but I have only done
: a couple, it's machine labor intensive
: ie much $$$!
: Glen
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