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My od was rebuilt in UK but never installed. I bought this from the estate of Wally Swift who was a good friend for 40 years.These ODs can be the trickiest things to repair and also getting new parts. I had to find new ball & needle bearings, 32% clutch cone (very different to the 25% clutch) and small miscellaneous pieces. One guy here in the States has some parts and another vendor in the UK is the main supplier. The ball bearings look to be made in china. There's some shimming required on the annulus ball-bearing and I had to make those shims.
Again, I'm working on two ODs on the bench:
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Thank you.You do nice work.
Jan,Thank you.
I received three new wire wheel hubs on Thursday Dec 6, after some delay in US customs. (Sunbeam Spares Co. Ltd in the UK)
I noticed a few things with the new hubs. The front hub hasn't been machined for an O-ring like the factory hub. The hub on the far right is a NOS factory stock hub, and the new front hub is missing the O-ring groove. Also, they didn't counterbore the threaded hole to make room for the factory shoulder bolts. Luckily, I did it on my drill press. The rear hubs were missing the counterbores and I did them too:
The counterbore was only about 3/32" down in the thread. That's enough to clear the shoulder.
Jan
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Jan.... Not "restoring " you reproduced oneI have the Lemans Carlotti steering wheel refinished today. Three coats of Cromax (Dupont) HC-7776S ChromaClear, sanded between coats.
(I do have the small Carlotti sticker)
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@jumpinjan when you printed them and they said the "minimum sheet is" did you think how many stickers will I have to list on ebay... Or... "I'm going to make a lot of steering wheels"..Who said they needed a Carlotti sticker?
The grips are epoxyed on with SystemThree T-88.
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