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by KevinOToole
Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:47 pm
Forum: Ariel Talk
Topic: Full width front hub broken brake plate
Replies: 10
Views: 943

Re: Full width front hub broken brake plate

will_curry wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:44 pm There was a comprehensive article on this topic in the March 2016 edition of Cheval.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
by KevinOToole
Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:46 pm
Forum: Ariel Talk
Topic: Full width front hub broken brake plate
Replies: 10
Views: 943

Re: Full width front hub broken brake plate

hi its old age of the alloy it goes brittle the best way is to make a new brake plate with a better alloy billet like i did a few years back i set up a C N C and made some Have you got any drawings for the CNC brake plate... I have a lathe and a CNC miller. Your help would be much appreciated.
by KevinOToole
Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:42 pm
Forum: Ariel Talk
Topic: Full width front hub broken brake plate
Replies: 10
Views: 943

Full width front hub broken brake plate

I had been warned about the full width hub, brake plates... They say it's only a matter of time before they break. I bought the bike about 8k miles ago, so, I've had a good run. I had only travelled 100yds from home and I didn't fall off! Went home and got my pre war Ariel single out and continued o...
by KevinOToole
Wed May 11, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: For sale/wanted - Parts, and those bits and bobs
Topic: Ariel Tools, Amal Tool, Moore and Wrights feelers No29
Replies: 3
Views: 378

Ariel Tools, Amal Tool, Moore and Wrights feelers No29

*SOLD* I had these spanners with a bike I bought. I would not want to have to use them, if I broke down! They are nice as a collectors item but not for me! If anyone wants to buy them, they're £25 plus postage, ***not including the tool roll**. I'm going to use the money to buy some more modern tool...
by KevinOToole
Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Square 4 Mark 2 Recommissioning
Replies: 11
Views: 1819

Re: Square 4 Mark 2 Recommissioning

I've only owned a Sq4 for four years but this is my advice... Strip the engine, fit new club conrods, a Morgo pump and an oil filter kit. I had trouble with the oil pump pick up pipe filter, so redesigned it. I think it's worth fitting the alternator conversion from https://ironhorsespares.co.uk/ I'...
by KevinOToole
Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:03 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: ARIEL jumper
Replies: 18
Views: 1745

Re: ARIEL jumper

I have here a couple of pictures of the 1960s fashion Ariel jumper - taken at the 1971 Ariel Klub Rally in Winkle, Holland: The standard design - Black with vertical red and green stripes. img098 Dick Warne, - , - ,Steve Boom, Graham Berry, Brian Brothers.jpg Mistakes were made, Vic Gough's girlfri...
by KevinOToole
Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:01 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: ARIEL jumper
Replies: 18
Views: 1745

Re: ARIEL jumper

Steven.Carter wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:29 pm This is the nearest I've got to an Ariel jumper :D
I'm not being helpful, sorry :D

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Not helpful but very stylish!
by KevinOToole
Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:59 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: ARIEL jumper
Replies: 18
Views: 1745

Re: ARIEL jumper

robjameson wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:25 pmHere we go:
Wow! that's a great jumper! Now all I need is the pattern and then convince my wife to knit it! Thanks for the photo.
by KevinOToole
Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: ARIEL jumper
Replies: 18
Views: 1745

Re: ARIEL jumper

If anyone has a photo of an Ariel Jumper. I'd like to see it. It may give my wife an idea where to start.