02-04-2023, 01:58 PM
The main thing to me is to get the distance from the lever tips to a straight edge across the crankcase correct i.e. 1/4 inch no more, no less , all levers need to be dead on the same.
The only successful way I have found to do this is to bend them using oxcy/acetylene to heat (cherry red) the middle of the lever.
After adjusting leave to cool naturally before rechecking measurement - no quenching !!
All new levers made now need to be pulled out towards the release bearing in this way.
This is of course after taking all wear out of the slots.
This gives a lovely smooth clutch with no drag.
My other tip with the new levers (which are rock hard) is that you can buy a cheap diamond file on ebay (used for filing chips in glasses) to file the holes in the new levers which are too tight as supplied.
Hope this is helpful.
The only successful way I have found to do this is to bend them using oxcy/acetylene to heat (cherry red) the middle of the lever.
After adjusting leave to cool naturally before rechecking measurement - no quenching !!
All new levers made now need to be pulled out towards the release bearing in this way.
This is of course after taking all wear out of the slots.
This gives a lovely smooth clutch with no drag.
My other tip with the new levers (which are rock hard) is that you can buy a cheap diamond file on ebay (used for filing chips in glasses) to file the holes in the new levers which are too tight as supplied.
Hope this is helpful.