Reply To: B2 info

[Tony BuxtonParticipant]

Hi Bernie, thanks for that. As you might have guessed, this is for the front axle of my B2 Kegresse. When I put it together I gave the pin a scrape with a file to test its hardness with the idea of getting some made, it was just that I read Ian had found new C3 ones and was interested in that route. I suppose normally the pins are sacrificial to save the axle. Probably because of the action of the Kegresse (slow but rugged terrain) the wear is in the axle body rather than the pin. I would use over-size pins to take up that wear, but I have enough parts left over to start building another B2 car which might go faster and need better steering. I’m on the look-out for a right hand drive B2 steering box, too.

Regarding the timing, I will have to change the way I’m rebuilding the engine. The flywheel can fit anywhere on the crankshaft flange, although there are two small indents on the flywheel flange. There isn’t any mark to align the clutch cover to the flywheel, but logically aligning it as close to journals 1 and 4 gives a few degrees before TDC. The cover has a line with A on one side and LL on the other, I didn’t think to run the letters together, d’oh. So I’ll wait until the block and valves are fitted before putting the unmarked timing cogs together. What fun, as comedians say, it’s all in the timing.

Best wishes,  T