Cheers bud, but used to fix these things up for a living, so know me way around them. The crank bush you're thinking of was on the early 500cc unit lumps. The 650's all have main bearings.fatboy wrote:Im sure you know this but worth a mention anyway.....
R/H crank bearing, if its a bearing, dontt worry, if its a bush,the truth of the journal is critical,as are the bush tolerances,this is your oil feed in,can have a big affect on oil pressure,
There is a sludge trap in the crank centre web (?) identified by hex head bolt, clean this ,
Well worth looking at better,higher capacity oil pump, Morgo if they are still going
If you are splitting the crank cases, there are pinch bolts at the crank case mouth where the barrells drop in, front and rear, later models have recessed bolts and can be a twat to spot
The Triumph plunger oil pump is more than capable of handling the needs of the engine. I'll probably buy a new one, but it won't be a 'morgo' unit. Reason being I've seen no real advantage over the extra cost. This was the source of many debate on the classic forums. A friend of mine races a 54' Thunderbird with standard pump and has never had starvation issues.
Virtually everything consumable needs replacing. Hence why i've decided to strip the lot and make it 100%
Gio. Marches meet eh.. Sounds like a challenge to me.
