17-05-2018, 10:22 AM
For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of an SU. I run both the Austins and the Riley on 1" OMs. I love them. The one thing you can do with an SU is adjust it. Lets face it, a second hand Zenith is likely to be just as worn but at least with an SU, you can replace the worn out bits - new jets and needles if required..
As long as you start with a known complete article (assembling different bits can create problems of 'tolerance' particularly with the dashpot and piston), it should be fairly straight forward. The only thing that I would get Burlen to do it bush the spindle. The tolerances there are really quite critical and require a jig...
my two penne'th...
As long as you start with a known complete article (assembling different bits can create problems of 'tolerance' particularly with the dashpot and piston), it should be fairly straight forward. The only thing that I would get Burlen to do it bush the spindle. The tolerances there are really quite critical and require a jig...
my two penne'th...