Greg's 1932 Ariel Square Four 4F600

[fpassmore]

Hi Frank... I am in Northwestern Ontario abiut 2 hours drive from Winnipeg.

Any chance you have a front fender or headlight?

Ah yes a good distance ! Sorry no fender, last one went to an SB build and the headlight too.

[Greg.Dobinson]

One of the nice things I discovered was that my Uncle had some extra parts to go with the bike that weren't in those original photos I had.

I was extremely happy to find out he had a dash with the speedo I don't think the oil gauge is the proper either but the gas cap does seem to be original. No idea what the switch was supposed to be for either and it was clearly an addition later in it's life.

The speedo needs some work and a new face but it seems like it's not terrible.

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The other great thing is he had the rear fender tucked away. I'm pretty sure the passenger seat has been redone at some point... it seems too big compared to others I've seen online? I was also worried that the fender had been cut and bolted back together but from what I can tell the split is normal? The rear light is missing of course and the rear brake connections are gone.

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[Julian Murphy]

Mudguard 'split' is normal.

Its to allow the rear wheel to be rolled out whilst on the stand.

[Greg.Dobinson]

Another discovery while I was visiting my uncle... he thought that he had a manual but wasn't sure where it was. He looked around in a filing cabinet and found it almost immediately. It's in great shape for it's age... no ripped pages etc. just a bit of staining here and there.

[Karol Burger]

According to the manual it was a 1931 Rak, look for other parts. It's an interesting year. Tune the tank, head and cylinder.

[Greg.Dobinson]

Beautiful day yesterday here so I finally decided to tackle a bit of the disassembly. Armed with storage totes and a few boxes of ziplock bags I started working on taking bits off. I'm making sure to take a ton of pictures at the same time.

I removed the clutch side engine cover as well as the distributor cap and spark plug wires. Looks like I need to make a little tool for removing the clutch springs next.

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Next working on the other side I removed the vertical timing chain cover and then the timing chain and gears.

What's the best way to remove the nut on the end of the magdyno shaft?

So far so good... I did have to drill out one of the clutch cover screws as it was completely stripped but it came out fine without any damage to the case.