who put those circlips there ??

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who put those circlips there ??

Post by Vincent.vanGinneke »

Feeling rather smug with myself putting together my WNG engine..
Only the rockerboxes to fit and it's ready for the frame.....
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Ohhhhh, whats that at the edge of the table ?? :oops: :oops:
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I symply cannot remember not putting them in, so they must be in there..
But,.. for which piston are those loose circlips ?
So..
I am going to undo the four base nuts again and lift the whole plot up to the pin :|
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On our age everything is getting less only forgetting is getting more
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hi i did the same thing with my GB gearbox full rebuild in lock down i put it all back together and refitted back in the frame and put it all back ready to run, and i started to clear up then i saw a little new spring left in the bag what the new parts came in, then i realised i had forgot to fit the selector drum cam plunger spring , just wen i thought the Ariel was all done ready to go for a run :oops: :( :roll:
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I hate it it when that happens. Sometimes the opposite happens. A missing nut for my piston ring compressor tool, spent hours looking for it but luckily found its way down to the sump plate caught on the magnet
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I had quite a struggle once fitting a new tube and tire to one of the rims of my Sq4 and once I got them on the rim it took a lot of inflating and deflating and bouncing it up and down to centre the tire properly. After finally getting it all done I cracked open a beer, sat down to enjoy it and noticed the rim tape sitting on the table beside me. Doh!
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My story from Alzheimer land:
I have a BSA A7 longstroke that runs well. But I also have a spare engine with partly good/better parts.
Last year I scheduled an overhaul using the cylinders and cylinder head from the spare engine. When I opened the engine, there were no piston rings and no push rods.
So I got the parts from the Drags.
After the swap I completed the spare engine with the removed parts. I happened to open the clutch housing and found the push rods and piston rings there. I had expanded it to protect it and kept it (very very) safe there!

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Hahaha, after three years waiting for the right bits I am assembling my A7 long stroke this past week and have found duplicates of some of the parts I looked for so hard. Forgot about a friend of mine contributing a few pieces but I never properly looked in the box! Oh well, I have a second bike to do in any case.
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I always put 1 circlip in the piston before the gudgeon pin goes in. Cover the crankcase to make sure NOTHING falls in there. Circlips have a habit of flicking to other places when you are installing them. Nev
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Post by Vincent.vanGinneke »

Well...... they where in there :lol: :lol: :lol:
but found that the gasket had flipped a corner on first assembly, new gasket fitted all o.k. now :D
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