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Early rear axle shims
Marcus Ling Offline
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#1
14-12-2023, 05:34 AM
Hi,
Can anyone suggest if the shims for the crown wheel carrier bearings are available for the early rear axle that doesn't have the adjusters please. 
I have searched the usual suppliers but cant find any listed.

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Marcus
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Charles P Offline
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14-12-2023, 06:34 PM (This post was last modified: 14-12-2023, 06:34 PM by Charles P.)
I ended up making shims for my later axle. Not that difficult with a Ruby bearing housing, tin snips and a close fitting parallel punch. I think the torque tube bolt pattern is the same as the earlier axles.
A 1 gallon thinners can, a beer can and a Red Bull can are useful raw materials of different thicknesses.
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14-12-2023, 07:00 PM
There’s a company called Springmasters in Redditch. They sold me some shim washers a few years ago.
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14-12-2023, 07:00 PM
...or if you're the fussy type, it's fairly easy to find sheets / packs of shim steel on eBay...
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14-12-2023, 07:02 PM
Ten years ago, when I did my '28 Chummy axle, I made a few from 5 thou shim material - 2" OD with a 1 1/2" hole.

Both the OD and hole were punched out.
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14-12-2023, 10:47 PM
Hi,
Thanks for all the suggestions, I will get on and make some.

Cheers

Marcus
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15-12-2023, 12:26 AM (This post was last modified: 15-12-2023, 12:28 AM by Charles P.)
My punch approach

   
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#8
12-01-2024, 01:36 AM
Hi Everyone,

I found some stainless shims on Ebay, that are 50mm OD x 40mm ID and 0.001 thou thick. 10 shims delivered cost me NZD 9.58 or around five quid.

   

Maybe this will help someone in future

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Marcus
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