Thanks for the overview, Dave. I would certainly not like to see the Members-only benefits opened-up to everyone. I do understand that, even with the good-will from all of the volunteers involved in running the Club, there are still many costs to be met. I am very happy to pay my membership fee to s...
The angled sliding abutment is typical of Girling truck brakes,and gives them particular advantages over the Lockheed type of two leading shoe fronts,namely they work efficiently in reverse direction.Whoever made the brake shown had considerable brake experience......It may also be possible to weld...
Thanks David. You certainly addressed the inherent weakness of the standard alloy plate and have produced a great looking brake. My difficulty is that my metalwork/fabrication skills are not great. To start from scratch, as you have done, is beyond my skills! :( Whatever I end up doing with my front...
Yes Roger, I have spoken to him (and bought a set of conrods from him.) I found him to be very helpful. It's just that, these days, it is so simple to find what products are available by a few clicks of a mouse. I would have thought that it may be easier to have a list of available Square Four items...
It looks like the non-actuated end of the shoes is fixed by virtue of the semi-circular ends which rest against the 'plain' (i.e. non-lobe) part of the cams. This seems much better than my brake, where the shoes are floating.
I wouldn't worry about dilution of knowledge...... the technical knowledge seems to begin and end with "I've spent 8 fousand quid on vis bike,dunno whats inside ,just goes and its cool"..... If ever I needed to explain to anyone why I will not use Facebook, there it is! Thank you John! :D...
] The club has - they are all available in the members only section of the club web site. That's where they should stay in my opinion. Perhaps there is a case for making the wealth of info in the members section more apparent to non (hopefully prospective) members. If you are restoring an Ariel you...
..... I am lucky enough to have Lew Wallwork hydraulic front brakes on both of the bikes we used for big mileages and the difference is tremendous. They never grab and do not fade even on mountains and with the brakes shoes mounted on a separate metal plate they are not going to allow the outer pla...
When I was building my Square Four between '68 and '70 I wanted a larger TLS brake so went for a BSA A10 front end in the Ariel yokes. The Ariel yokes are wider than the BSA ones and I had a local Engineering Shop turn-up a longer wheel spindle. This left the torque stop (its a lump on the fork leg...