This workshop repair manual provides comprehensive guidance for motorcycles manufactured between 1949 and 1955. A British motorcycle manufacturer with a rich heritage, produced robust machines during this post-war era. This manual covers a wide range of models, offering detailed information on their engineering and maintenance. It delves into specific components and systems, including the engine, gearbox, front fork, frame, wheels, brakes, and the electrical equipment, as well as the fuel and lubrication systems, rear suspension, and drivetrain. The manual is designed to assist owners and technicians in keeping these classic vehicles in optimal condition, highlighting the quality and reliability expected from motorcycles of this period.
This comprehensive English-language workshop manual serves as an indispensable resource for the maintenance and repair of motorcycles from 1949-1955. It offers detailed procedures for engine overhauls, gearbox dismantling and reassembly, front fork and rear suspension servicing, and electrical system maintenance, including magneto and dynamo systems. The manual also addresses troubleshooting common issues such as oil leaks, ineffective brakes, and handlebar wobble. With its in-depth coverage, technical specifications, and step-by-step explanations, this manual is tailored to empower owners and mechanics to effectively maintain, diagnose, and repair these vintage motorcycles, ensuring their longevity and performance.
The manual what will be send to you will contain all the necessary needed instructions for all the repairs for your vehicle from front to the back of your car.
The same manual is used by your garage or workshop to repair your car.
So you could save you a lot of money with this manual, it will give you all the technical information what is needed to get your car running in 100% condition.
You will find illustrations, diagrams technical specifications, depth illustrations and step by step explanations how to do the job, even if you don't have much knowledge about cars this could be understood with some basic mechanical knowledge to safety and easily servicing your car.
CONTENTS OF THE REPAIR MANUAL
INDEX
Foot-change mechanism, 70, 73, 78, 81, 83 Fork damper, 92 Forks: fork-spring, noise, 93, 94 fork-spring changing, 94 for sidecar, 92 front, 89-102 stiffness, 93 Frame, lubrication, 89 Front-chain adjustment, 66 Front fork noise, 94 Front wheel, removing, 109 Fuel mixture, 58-65 Gear: ratios, 147 teeth, damage to, 73 Gearbox, 69-83 dismantling, 77, 83 lubrication, 76, 141 noise, 70 oil leakage, 76 troubles, 70-76 Gears, disengagement under load, 70, 74 Grinding-in valves, 35 Gudgeon-pin bearing, 45 Handlebar wobble, 91 Hinge bearings, lubrication, 140 Hub bearing components, 110-113 Hubs, wheel, 109,112 Ignition timing, 25 Ineffective brakes, 116 Inspecting t h e : camshaft bearings, 51 camshafts, 51 crankshaft, 50 crankshaft roller bearing, 51 gudgeon-pin bearing, 51 intermediate shaft, 51 Oil: circulation, 11 circulation tests, 13 discharge from oil-tank vent-pipe, 22 distributor, 11 drains into crankcase, 10 enters dynamo, 22 fails to return from sump, 20 filters, 11, 13, 15, 16 leaks, 20, 22, 123 low-pressure reading, 15 passage, cleaning, 23 passages in cylinder-head, 11, 12 pressure, checking, 9, 15 pump, removing, 48 pumps, 9, 11, 12 return-pump bleed valve, 16 seepage into chaincase, 19 supply to rockers, 11, 20 system, 9 tank, 13 removal, 107, 108 troubles, tracing, 18 valves, 16 Oil seal: fork leg, 95, 96, 99, 101, 102 rear suspension unit, 103,104, 107 Overhauling the engine, 46 Over-oiling on the offside cylinder, 21 Petrol consumption, excessive, 63 Pilot-jet:modification, 61 setting, 59, 63 . Piston: removal, 38 ring gap, 39 rings, 39, 40 wire-wound, 39 Poor scavenging, 21 Push-rods, bent, 42
Intermediate shaft: inspecting, 51 removing, 44 Racing models, 135-139, 145 Ratios, gear, 147 Rear chain:
Kick-starter, jamming, 72 Lamp bulbs blowing, 127 Lubricants, recommended, 141 Lubrication: control cables, 87 engine, 9 gearbox, 76, 141 rocker-box, 11, 12, 20 troubles, 15 Lucas electrical equipment, 119-134 Magneto, 119 contact-breaker, 119 maintenance, 120 removal, 121 timing, 25 Main-Jet, setting, 144, 145 Noise: engine, 42, 43, 45 gearbox, 70 Noisy gear engagement, 71, 74 adjustment, 66, 67, 139 lubrication, 68, 139 Rear dampers, 102-107 checking the oil content, 104, 105 dismantling, 104, 105 reassembling, 105, 107 types, 102Rear wheel, removing, 110-112 Reassembling gearbox. So Refitting the front-fork assembly, 101 Regulator, voltage, 119, 123 Regulator contacts, cleaning, 125 Removing:brake-drum liner, 114camshaft bushes, 50 crankcase roller-bearing outer races, 49 engine, 46 front-fork assembly, 99 front-fork inner tube, 102 front-fork slider, 95 headlamp, 128, 133 main bearings, 49 Replacing:front-fork oil seal, 96
AND MUCH MORE.
All the files can be printed out individually.
The manual what will be send to you will contain all the necessary needed instructions for all the repairs for your vehicle from front to the back of your car.
The same manual is used by your garage or workshop to repair your car.
So you could save you a lot of money with this manual, it will give you all the technical information what is needed to get your car running in 100% condition.
You will find illustrations, diagrams technical specifications, depth illustrations and step by step explanations how to do the job, even if you don't have much knowledge about cars this could be understood with some basic mechanical knowledge to safety and easily servicing your car.
CONTENTS OF THE REPAIR MANUAL
INDEX
Foot-change mechanism, 70, 73, 78, 81, 83 Fork damper, 92 Forks: fork-spring, noise, 93, 94 fork-spring changing, 94 for sidecar, 92 front, 89-102 stiffness, 93 Frame, lubrication, 89 Front-chain adjustment, 66 Front fork noise, 94 Front wheel, removing, 109 Fuel mixture, 58-65 Gear: ratios, 147 teeth, damage to, 73 Gearbox, 69-83 dismantling, 77, 83 lubrication, 76, 141 noise, 70 oil leakage, 76 troubles, 70-76 Gears, disengagement under load, 70, 74 Grinding-in valves, 35 Gudgeon-pin bearing, 45 Handlebar wobble, 91 Hinge bearings, lubrication, 140 Hub bearing components, 110-113 Hubs, wheel, 109,112 Ignition timing, 25 Ineffective brakes, 116 Inspecting t h e : camshaft bearings, 51 camshafts, 51 crankshaft, 50 crankshaft roller bearing, 51 gudgeon-pin bearing, 51 intermediate shaft, 51 Oil: circulation, 11 circulation tests, 13 discharge from oil-tank vent-pipe, 22 distributor, 11 drains into crankcase, 10 enters dynamo, 22 fails to return from sump, 20 filters, 11, 13, 15, 16 leaks, 20, 22, 123 low-pressure reading, 15 passage, cleaning, 23 passages in cylinder-head, 11, 12 pressure, checking, 9, 15 pump, removing, 48 pumps, 9, 11, 12 return-pump bleed valve, 16 seepage into chaincase, 19 supply to rockers, 11, 20 system, 9 tank, 13 removal, 107, 108 troubles, tracing, 18 valves, 16 Oil seal: fork leg, 95, 96, 99, 101, 102 rear suspension unit, 103,104, 107 Overhauling the engine, 46 Over-oiling on the offside cylinder, 21 Petrol consumption, excessive, 63 Pilot-jet:modification, 61 setting, 59, 63 . Piston: removal, 38 ring gap, 39 rings, 39, 40 wire-wound, 39 Poor scavenging, 21 Push-rods, bent, 42
Intermediate shaft: inspecting, 51 removing, 44 Racing models, 135-139, 145 Ratios, gear, 147 Rear chain:
Kick-starter, jamming, 72 Lamp bulbs blowing, 127 Lubricants, recommended, 141 Lubrication: control cables, 87 engine, 9 gearbox, 76, 141 rocker-box, 11, 12, 20 troubles, 15 Lucas electrical equipment, 119-134 Magneto, 119 contact-breaker, 119 maintenance, 120 removal, 121 timing, 25 Main-Jet, setting, 144, 145 Noise: engine, 42, 43, 45 gearbox, 70 Noisy gear engagement, 71, 74 adjustment, 66, 67, 139 lubrication, 68, 139 Rear dampers, 102-107 checking the oil content, 104, 105 dismantling, 104, 105 reassembling, 105, 107 types, 102Rear wheel, removing, 110-112 Reassembling gearbox. So Refitting the front-fork assembly, 101 Regulator, voltage, 119, 123 Regulator contacts, cleaning, 125 Removing:brake-drum liner, 114camshaft bushes, 50 crankcase roller-bearing outer races, 49 engine, 46 front-fork assembly, 99 front-fork inner tube, 102 front-fork slider, 95 headlamp, 128, 133 main bearings, 49 Replacing:front-fork oil seal, 96
AND MUCH MORE.
All the files can be printed out individually.
