Parts availability and year of manufacture / application?

Previously steve_adkins wrote:

Seasons Greetings and a Happy Christmas to all our readers from a dry and hot South Australia.

Now please see attachment, as a couple of pictures are worth a 1000 words. Plate one is self explanatory.

Plates two / three illustrate other fork parts parts; I stripped a set of Roadholder's from a 1961 Model 50 (Slimline) and the seal retainers had x 4 "C" / Pin spanner holes but were in bad shape. To get the bike on the road I "Borrowed" the seal retainers from my 1964 650 SS (obviously also Slimline) restoration project. I found out the hard way the fork lower fork castings are different......but how about these fork seal retainers?

Your learned knowledge& response would be appreciated..

steve, no idea about the seal retainers, but that cap clip is an easy home manufacture. Seeing you have this a patten. If you get the correct material, a drill, a punch, ball bearing and nut to form the dish, then a file to slot and round the ends. And another weekend closer to spring ð

You mean another weekend closer to Autumn, down under?

Hi Steve

Good choice of bike! I have a late 1960 slimline model 50 and when I changed the fork seal holder I opted for stainless with blind holes, as opposed to my original ones with no holes.

The reason for this is after riding in the rain ( probably not a problem to you !) or cleaning ,I notice a slight amount of water gets in the fork and rests on the oil seal. I assume it gets downhead lamp bracket where the pinch bolt slot is and runs down the stanchion to the oil seal and then has no where to go. With holes in the fork seal holders I can just unscrew them and dry the slight amount of water/condensation very easily without having to resort to a strap wrench.(from my dominator days when I think about, it any corrosion always seemed to occur in this spot.......now I know why)I get most of my parts from RGM Motors and the fork seal holder were about £47 =VAT, and are listed as dominator and early commando part no 03045S,

I forgot to fit the paper washer above (or (below ?) the new seals but it doesn't seem to have made any difference!

Regards John O