Thanks for the reply Paul I have been tightening in the correct order but would like to see the details of the spindle holding tool anything to make life easier.

Aluminium washers ordered will give them a try will post when fitted and give results

Thanks for the reply Simon yes I have been tightening the nuts first and then the outer screws I even annealed the copper washers

Having a bad time with my 1951 KH (cast iron head),I am trying to get the rocker oil feed banjos oil tight I have tried fibre washers ,copper washers then doughty washers all without any success. The next step was to remove the feed complete and make sure that the banjos were flat on the faces which...

Having a bad time with my 1951 KH (cast iron head),I am trying to get the rocker oil feed banjos oil tight I have tried fibre washers ,copper washers then doughty washers all without any success. The next step was to remove the feed complete and make sure that the banjos were flat on the faces which...

Thanks for all the replies. I contacted John Budgen this morning and have got fixed up with every thing. Regarding the hard chrome if I keep the old stanchions I can always get them done at a later date.

Looking to replace the stanchions and bushes on the forks of my 51 Kh. Dragonfly have the bushes of which one per leg needs to be machined but no stanchions,they say they will put them on back order but already have the forks apart and I do not want to be waiting for their stock to arrive when ever ...

Thanks for the reply Paul, the gasket is an asbestos type one it has the name Payen on it.

After having problems trying to seal the head gasket on my KH I striped the head and barrel to find out, one that the gasket I had been using was a patten one not having the sealing rings around the push rod holes (thanks to Paul Wirdham for the information) two that the head and barrel we not compl...

Bob, Glad to be of some help would be interesting when you have used the new Garryflex blocks to see if they are ok. I like properly everyone else during these difficult times have been keeping busy in the workshop just given my 1951 KH a good check over ready for hopefully some riding in the not to...