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1938 Silver Streak 350cc.

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:29 pm
by ianw1
Well I've finally got my rebuilt wheels back.
When I got the bike the front wheel was tight (binding) I put it down to standing for a good while.
When I stripped the hubs down I made drawings of all the parts & the order they were in.
I've built the wheels back up for the front to still be binding.
I removed the front brake plate & "shimmed" the spindle to the thickness of the brake plate, the wheel spins lovely without the brake plate.
I've a feeling it's down to the wheel spacers, as I said I've put them back in the order I removed them so I'm thinking that they were maybe in the wrong order when I got the bike.
I've been looking for a diagram of the wheel spacers front & rear but can't find one, can anyone help please?

Re: 1938 Silver Streak 350cc.

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:23 pm
by dave16mct
There's a cross section of the hub here, page 130:


http://archives.jampot.dk/book/Workshop ... ndbook.pdf

Dave.

Re: 1938 Silver Streak 350cc.

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:29 pm
by ianw1
Thanks Dave. I need to ckeck I'm not missing a spacer.
I think I'll build them with out the brake shoes in place to make sure it's not the shoes binding.

Re: 1938 Silver Streak 350cc.

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:01 pm
by ianw1
It was the brake shoes catching the rear of the hub, turns out the brake plate was slighty twisted, now straight.