07-02-2021, 08:53 AM
I changed to a Hardy-Spicer on my '34 Tourer.
It took several goes to get the handbrake to clear, involving (as far as I can remember) a spacing washer or two - to angle it away a bit - and some minor bending to bring it back up the hole in the cover.
I think it took about 5 attempts - a little bit this way, a little bit that, another thin washer ....
The final clearances are tiny, but enough.
After which, the speedo stopped working.
The speedo drive gear is just held in place by being pinched by the output flange/spider, and a little corrosion on the splines meant that the flange hadn't quite drawn home.
Another tweak of the nut sorted it.
It took several goes to get the handbrake to clear, involving (as far as I can remember) a spacing washer or two - to angle it away a bit - and some minor bending to bring it back up the hole in the cover.
I think it took about 5 attempts - a little bit this way, a little bit that, another thin washer ....
The final clearances are tiny, but enough.
After which, the speedo stopped working.
The speedo drive gear is just held in place by being pinched by the output flange/spider, and a little corrosion on the splines meant that the flange hadn't quite drawn home.
Another tweak of the nut sorted it.