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No it wasn't Pawel. Ron
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It's all terrible quality and life threatening!! I've even seen Indian made forks where the grease nipples are cast into the lugs???!!!! Ron
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OK Pawel, I get it now. Two qustions about the Indian forks :- are the lugs proper steel castings/forgings or more likely just sand cast iron? And were they assembled in a precicion jig?? Ron
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No Pawel, my confusion is the actual forks. If I'm reading this correctly? Your green forks are Triumph, Your blue forks a replica Webb forks. But you say they are the same width.....That can't be so! Ron
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Yes the site was shut for upgrades for 24 hours. But I'm confused with your pictures and measurements? The WEBB forks fitted to 3HW are much wider (Aprox 159mm between the top links) than the Triumph forks on the SW models. (Aprox 126mm between top links) Your green forks are not 3HW but your blue forks are?? How can they be the same width? Ron???
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Here is the Triumph top part. Still with two nipples but different orientation. Ron
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I don't know then? If that is a Triumph part? Is it wide enough for 3HW forks? I'll take a picture later, but the Triumph clip has 2 nipples I think but not the same as 3HW. Ron
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Is that a 3HW Webb fork top clip? It looks more like a Triumph part?? You can clearly see the hole in this scan, and my top clip with the grease nipple on the right side. Ron
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That is not a cup Pawel, it's a cap.You have two cups and two cones for the balls to run in. Then a top cap as a dirt excluder/Watershed...... Like a large washer with the edge turned over.
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It's probably festering in someone's shed? Ron
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Here it is before I acquired it. The previous owner even used it on the Arbuthnot Trial. The next picture is the only other one That we know about, The owner at the time didn't respond to emails from Jan or me....It must be still out there somewhere. Ron
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Blimey where did that 10 years go? But since this thread has been revived, here's some shots of my WD/L. Ron
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The census number is alocated against your frame number (not the engine). Contract C6125 was for 2000 machines but the serial numbers are complicated by being split between two groups and with gaps in the numbers. The first thing would be to provide a clear picture of your frame number (not what might be typed on a document). Ron
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Mine was also repatriated from India, along with my Welbike and Norton Big 4 sidecar body. A few Parabikes, Welbikes and my sidecar were found by Richard Miller who used to visit there regularly. His father Peter, wrote the book "From Welbike to Corgi" Somewhere I must have a snap shot of the Parabike. Ron
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Yes I also had a pleasant chat with him when I ordered some Pyrene extiquisher transfers. Here is my Parabike. From memory! What looks like a "P" Lex confirmed as an "R". Ron
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Adrian, the guy who was making the repro grips and transfers for Parabikes and Pyrene is Jeffrey Wilson. It's A while since I bought stuff from him, but the details I have are:- Tel 01458 251808 Email silentelms@hotmail.co.uk Worth a shout. I'll get my serial number for your register later. Ron
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Try Vale Onslow.....You never know your luck. http://valeonslow.co.uk/ Ron
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Well John Brewster makes hardened cup and cones for Triumph steering stems. Maybe with patterns he could make some ML items? Ron
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OK Monty, that's a shame. Ron
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Well I calculate the nearest equivelant OD to be 40mm. If you give me the width of the cup, I'll get advice from Darren. Is there a step at the bottom of the steering stem? ie a bigger ID for the bottom bearing? The amount of balls is academic if we are looking for a sealed ball race. Ron
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It's not that mine hasn't adheard Lex, but the glue shows through opaque as the transfer is mostly transparant. I learnt the shiny varnish trick when it was too late.......Same thing applies to the Norton transfers. 😬 As for the headstock ball bearings races,. You put just a small amount of load on them with the top clip and once the pinch bolt is tightened on the steering stem, they wont go anywhere and will probaly last a lifetime without further attention. Ron
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Here is an original tank and the transfers I got from "Classic Transfers" Ron PS with regard to the headstock bearings. It might be simpler to fit standard ball bearing races with the appropriate OD, ID, W. I fitted sealed bearings to my M20 many years ago....Fit and forget. Darren Wrudd runs his own bearing company and is very helpful with such things <john-fenwick@btconnect.com> Mention my name if you want. Ron Pier
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I still have three of those WD/C center stands, if anyone needs one.....I don't think they will be repeated. Ron
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Yes I only calculated the number based on the frame and census numbers running in sequence. It's just a best guess without proper documentation. Cheers Ron
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Sorry for late response and welcome to the forum. TEC 742 = Triumph Engineering Company July 1942. Frame TL 31772 was the 850th bike from 5495 from contract C13948. I calculate the tank census number to be C887536 Your engine is not the one it left the factory with but is from the same contract.....Which is fine! Regards Ron
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