Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

MartinL wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:19 pm

Roger Gwynn wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:01 pm New bosses are available should you damage that one.

Great. thanks for the information.

If the new boss is the splined bit off the BSA footrest hanger, they're on long back order with a depressing note against them!

Martin, your splines look good, take care of them. That long stud is often difficult to get out as it's a pretty snug fit to start with (although if it's binding that can help with tightening - and loosening! - the footrest nuts). Drawing it out using one of the nuts and a variety of spacers/bigger nuts/sockets/washers (as Mick suggests) is my favoured method.

If the swing-arm bushes aren't noticeably soft/loose consider leaving them alone and not taking the spindle out. It makes painting more difficult but you avoid a lot of other pain! (When I built my s/arm bike back in 1980-something the spindle wouldn't come out, 40-odd years and maybe 40,000 miles later it's still OK....)(Although every time I say that I hope it's not a case of 'famous last words'!)

SG

Hi Simon,

Now that I know how to get the long stud out of the frame, I'm optimistic I can do it with the method described and a little heat from the hot air gun. I will report back.

With regard to the swingarm stud and the bushes in fact, nothing is loose or makes a bad impression on me. The plan was to remove the swingarm so that I could paint the frame better.
But after what you say about your bushes, maybe I should leave everything assembled and see if I can paint it that way.

Regards
Martin

MartinL wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:23 pm maybe I should leave everything assembled and see if I can paint it that way.

Hi Martin

If you remove it now you can inspect the bushes etc. paint the frame / PRF easily, re-assemble with a restored or new pin with plenty of lubrication and be confident you can remove it again in the future - or you can paint in situ and keep your fingers crossed

Regards Mick

Today I followed the Micks method to pull out the footrest stud and it works well.
I had not the time today to try the same with the swingarm stud. The weather was too good and I took my BMW for the first ride this year.