Thanks for the links Bob. I'm happy now.
Yeah. Look at comment 135. There's room to move the rim over if I want to.Jim, been a long time since I've had one of those apart. Is that the QD hub? The wheel hub is splined to the brake drum.
Sight down the side of the tire to the sprocket and see how much chain clearance there is to the edge of the tire. You can shift the rim with spoke adjustment if there's room for chain clearance.
Yes you are. As you quoted above.... "The gearbox sprocket and rear wheel sprocket must be in line, eveything else is a compromise.”Am I understanding this correctly?
If I'm remembering correctly, my old RD's with the cush hub were designed to leave the sprocket in place in the same fashion... although I recall it was easier just to remove the sprocket with the wheel anyway.Here Jim, interesting video link. BSA did this so the tire could be changed without messing with or affecting chain tension.
Doh.... should have thought to look at some Brit bike forums. All that makes sense in a way... I definitely noticed that the engine is offset to the left in the frame. It's starting to look like this is normal. Weird... but normal.
Maybe @Scripto VU can chime in here?
Here's the front engine mount....
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... and the front of the cases...
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An engine offset to the left and wheel offset to the right seems counterintuitive though....
You need Ebay and a book for that?. For a moment I thought I'd got another Ebay fuckin'...
Book ...
Fookin’ ‘ell mate, we wuz mekin’ fookin’ revolvers this mornin’ an’ fookin’ tank parts fur lunch. Fookin’ bike stands were just a fookin’ sideline....fookin’ numbers...... pass me pint and light me fookin’ fag!Another piece of the puzzle just showed up....
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Stand, spring, pivot pin and lock tab.... 26 bucks delivered. For a moment I thought I'd got another Ebay fuckin'...
Book shows as P/N 40-4752. Number on the stand is 40-4731. Searched everywhere for P/N....31... nothing. I'm thinkin' fuck me... screwed again....
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Finally found the answer at British Bike Bits....
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So apparently... BSA "part" numbers and BSA "casting" numbers don't necessarily match.... you devious limey bastards....
Anyway... another piece of the puzzle...
HaHa..when we sold British parts, 1st you looked in the parts book, wrote the number down, then you looked in a cross reference book and finally you looked in parts boxes for it. Finally you looked in the price book, sometimes for both numbers, and the retail price was $.10! Needless to say, the customer paid a little more.So apparently... BSA "part" numbers and BSA "casting" numbers don't necessarily match.... you devious limey bastards....
Fooking rip off!HaHa..when we sold British parts, 1st you looked in the parts book, wrote the number down, then you looked in a cross reference book and finally you looked in parts boxes for it. Finally you looked in the price book, sometimes for both numbers, and the retail price was $.10! Needless to say, the customer paid a little more.
Thanks Bob.Happy to see your foot isn’t too painful!