A Preunit Triumph Motor Rebuild

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  • Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
  • This video is my attempt to document a preunit Triumph motor rebuild over the last 4 months. I try to give any tips and tricks and words of advice I've learned over the years, but please understand I am not an expert. Just an enthusiast for old Triumph motorcycles.
    Many thanks to:
    Jay Medeiros @ Vintage Triumph Supply
    Dan @ Franz & Grubb
    Dave Olsen @ Mile High Crankshaft
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 30

  • @markflower9300
    @markflower9300 15 днів тому

    I did this when I was 19. Bike was stollen while I was still running it in. In the 1970s. Thanks for the nostalgi.

  • @glennpettersson9002
    @glennpettersson9002 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing your experience I appreciate you taking the time, the music was good too. Happy trails 👍

  • @frankmarkovcijr5459
    @frankmarkovcijr5459 2 роки тому +3

    I love mechanical videos on Triumph it's so good to see how everything gets put together. To learn what to do and what not to do.

  • @positiveground2995
    @positiveground2995 2 роки тому +2

    Nice! Thanks for all the work recording and editing this, its a great overview! Interesting to see different techniques. Have fun terrorizing the neighborhood with those pipes!

  • @niktaylor9149
    @niktaylor9149 7 місяців тому

    Amazing vid. I have my late Dad´s Road Rocket/Super Rocket grasstrack/trials mongrel plus sidecar to learn to understand and look after. Got goose bumps at the end, cos of the sound, when you got the lil beast going. Thank you. 🙂

  • @johnmcclain3887
    @johnmcclain3887 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks, first time I've seen a pre-unit go together. Looks good, sounds good.

  • @triumphjunkie3792
    @triumphjunkie3792 2 роки тому +3

    Great video

  • @steveburden1801
    @steveburden1801 2 роки тому +1

    Great video 👍

  • @thomastraddles1204
    @thomastraddles1204 2 роки тому +2

    Nice!

  • @vijaywaingankar8352
    @vijaywaingankar8352 2 роки тому

    Good work

  • @kriskirby1387
    @kriskirby1387 Рік тому

    Love the ball hone

  • @frankmarkovcijr5459
    @frankmarkovcijr5459 2 роки тому +1

    When my Triumph TR6 was 40 years old the camshafts wore out. The motor has to be torn down to replace them. Skip the bike down completely. My wrench was having trouble getting the plug out of the sludge trap because it was almost full after 50 years on the road and I told him it's a $7 part throw it away and buy another one. I guess my bike is good for another 50 years.

  • @goosecaboose138
    @goosecaboose138 16 днів тому

    rad

  • @goosecaboose138
    @goosecaboose138 16 днів тому

    where do i get a spark plug hole adaptor for my depth gauge?

  • @Yzftube1
    @Yzftube1 Рік тому +1

    Great job on the video. It will be very helpful for my restoration. You mentioned you used 1/4-20 for the Heli coils in the rocker block. Were they originally Whitworth threads and you converted over to standard 'inch' fasteners? All of my fasteners appear to be whitworth.

  • @kencory3386
    @kencory3386 2 роки тому +2

    piece of pvc pipe with hose clamp lil lube in side u wont scratch the pistons when installing the barrels

    • @kencory3386
      @kencory3386 2 роки тому

      about a 1nch long piece cut half in slot so u can get it off ,works really well been using mine for last 40 years

  • @AskingForAFriend
    @AskingForAFriend Рік тому

    8:44 great video. Right here at this time stamp, you’re checking up-and-down motion, but it looks like you have some side to side play? How much side to side play on the conrod did you have?

  • @jeronimojulianocarvalhofer4530
    @jeronimojulianocarvalhofer4530 2 роки тому

    hi. what parts are you using instead of the alternator. I can identify the rotor spacer and the nut but not the other two. thank you.

    • @loop1479
      @loop1479 Рік тому

      I expect a generator, mounted at front of engine

  • @MrSlingshotdubai
    @MrSlingshotdubai 2 роки тому +1

    amazing.. where did you get the torque settings from?

    • @joecoolvette6107
      @joecoolvette6107 2 роки тому +1

      You can download a free Service Manual from Lowbrow Customs.
      Torque settings are in it.

  • @pauliebots
    @pauliebots 2 роки тому

    Can you tell me how you cleaned the cases, was it just the dish washer?

    • @vorhese
      @vorhese  2 роки тому +1

      I use brake clean and a degreaser and a toothbrush. It is fairly impossible to clean a motor and it not look slightly dingy without blasting it, like vapor blasting.

    • @pauliebots
      @pauliebots 2 роки тому +1

      @@vorhese if you are using your bike like we do, how long before its all dingy again after vapor blasting.? Hell it'll get dingy in the garage!!!
      I don't feel the cost and trouble is worth it. How about you?

  • @joecoolvette6107
    @joecoolvette6107 2 роки тому +1

    >>DON'T

    • @TheReverb1
      @TheReverb1 2 роки тому +2

      Hi; are 3 rings; you cannot obtain 180º fella. You do not put the ring gap to the side holes or to the middle of the pistons as you know. All rings move anyway.

    • @joecoolvette6107
      @joecoolvette6107 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheReverb1
      Jesus help me....
      1) The oil ring end gap is set to an area in-between the wrist pins. (Either side; thrust side or non-thrust side)
      2) The scraper ring in the second landing of the piston is set 180 degrees opposite from the oil ring's end gap.
      3) The top compression ring is set 180 degrees opposite of the 2nd ring, or scraper ring's end gap.
      Oil ring and top compression ring gaps line up, BUT the 2nd ring is in-between and covers the gap.

    • @joecoolvette6107
      @joecoolvette6107 2 роки тому

      @@TheReverb1
      NO, fella, the frickin' rings DO NOT move if you have done a PROPER honing job.

    • @TheReverb1
      @TheReverb1 2 роки тому

      @@joecoolvette6107 ...that way the first and third ring gaps are in the "same" line but yes I put them similar but try that all the gaps are in different lines (vertically viewing)