"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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Im a machine tool mechanic. Every day I work on, repair, service etc etc
very accurate, very expensive machine tools, both manual and CNC.

They generally havent set for 37 odd years in an unheated garage in
northern michigan.....and usually have enough oil on the inside AND the
outside to prevent stuff from freezing solid.
Usually..mostly...often.....sigh

I think Im going to have to hunt around and scrounge up a set of box and
open end whitworth wrenches. The big problem so far..is apparently the
damned engineers didnt believe in "back clearence" of fasterners.
While I may have room to get an open end on something..most of the box
ends require serious thinning down on the backside to go over many
fasteners...the fasterners are up close besides a fitting, flange, bulge
etc etc.

Ive already seperated out the cheaper wrenches so I can mangle them to
fit the bike..those that seem to fit whitworth fasteners.

and the fasteners themselfs...not a lot of hardened nuts and bolts in
this bike...they are dead soft for the most part...easy to chew up.

I think this bike is going to leak a bit of oil..as Ill be afraid to
tighten anything up too much, that has to be removed periodicaly.


Here is a chart of whitworth dimensions:
http://www.samstagsales.com/whitworth_table.htm

You may be able to find a spare undersize socket or wrench and machine it to
fit, or if that is too much of a pain you can just measure your bolt heads
and buy the sizes you need.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.