Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

Fixing the Q’s blow up.

Wondering. Did you tig that in or use some sort of brazing rod designed for aluminium? Looks excellent!

Damien Towning wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:37 am Wondering. Did you tig that in or use some sort of brazing rod designed for aluminium? Looks excellent!

Not me welding, a local repairer using TIG. I just do the cleaning up.

Removing the Conrod in an unconventional way.

New rear frame tubing was fiddly to get right but i got there in end.

Nice job.

Setting up a Mill takes far longer than machining the part. Interesting to see an adjustable boring head there (I have them), was the tube OD clearance an odd size ?

I just spent 3 hours 'tramming' my Mill before machining the face of a B&S block from my mower (it needed 0.0015" taking off after the head gasket blew).

We're all at it .

Bob.

Bob.Murphy wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 10:25 am Nice job.

Setting up a Mill takes far longer than machining the part. Interesting to see an adjustable boring head there (I have them), was the tube OD clearance an odd size ?

friend with a small engineering shop has the mill etc.
1” OD tube. Just bored out the remnant tubing.

More cleaning and fettling on the Q box n cogs today. This is the best i got from three gearboxes. Have to say though that for 90-95year old items they’ve lasted ok.
MG.

Making crankshaft and little end bushes

It's all looking very good! thanks for the updates!