Source of clutch corks?

Hi all,

Ron, tried as you suggest but he does not supply the parts.

It's now been NINE MONTHS since I started trying to find replacement inserts and guess what? STILL looking. I can't even get bonded plates to fit the Laydown box clutch, EVERY supplier I have asked has said the same thing 'Don't keep them'.

It seems that if it is not a featherbed based bike or a Commando you CANNOT get parts. Some I have been looking for for over 18 months and despite dozens of emails and phone calls NOTHING I have trawled every bike show I have been to and asked the traders NOTHING.

In case you are thinking I am after rare parts all I want are the small fittings for an ES2/Model 7(1955) and the response from most companies is 'Don't do parts for them'

Not a good advert for Norton is it?

Richard,

Thanks for the info but there would be import duty on those prices, I don't buy from overseas anymore because of this nor do I buy repro parts because they never fit and are getting worse. Bonded plates would be an absolute last resort and I mean that because THEY SLIP LIKE MAD while the original type DON'T.

If I am honest I am sick and tired of chasing round suppliers who are unhelpful and try to sell me sub standard parts (repro crap) while claiming they are better that original. So far the few repro parts I have bought for other projects have been utter rubbish and have had to be modified in some cases drastically to make them fit while others have been returned as not fit for purpose and before you all think it is me others have tried and could not get them to fit either.

The only repro part I have bought that was any good was a gearbox layshaft that had to be specially made because replacements basically don't exist because certain people hang on to them rather than letting people who are trying to restore bikes and actually need them.

Richard,

I know these parts haven't been made for a long while but I would at least expect to get even bad quality parts to replace the worn out originals. The second I say 'single down tube swing arm frame' or 'Model 7' to any supplier the instant response is 'Don't cater for them'.

The bike list that used this frame is as follows;

Model 7

ES2

19S

Model 50

Model 77

I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe that there is NO supplier for spares given the 7 year run when it was made I also find it stupid that suppliers don't doBASIC SPARES to keep or in the case of mineTO EVEN GET THE THING ON THE ROAD IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Another round of phone calls this morning yielded NOTHING.

Its getting to the stage I may as well take a gas axe to them because they can't be resurrected.

I'll say this much SCOTT HAVE BETTER SPARES BACKUP THAN NORTON and they are notoriously bad BUT there is a jungle telegraph within the club and if you want a part just put the word out and they usually turn up unlike this one that does very little it seems. The Scott club are apparently getting new cylinder blocks cast at some point as well as having new close ratio gearbox parts made, I see nothing remotely like this being done by the NOC.There are NO suppliers of Scott parts apart from the club (except a few members)AND THIS MARQUE IS FAR SMALLER THEN NORTON YET PARTS ARE AVAILABLE!!!