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  • Welcome
  • Introduction
  • The Story begins...
  • An Interview with Mr Turner
  • Model information
    • Terrier T15
    • Tiger Cub T20 >
      • 1954/55
      • 1956
      • 1957
      • 1958
      • 1959
      • 1960
      • 1961/62
      • 1963-on
    • Competition Cub T20C
    • Sports Cub T20S
    • Woods Cub T20W
    • Sports Lights Cub T20SL
    • Trials Cub T20T
    • Street Scrambler T20SS
    • Scrambler T20SR/T20SC
    • Trials & Scrambler TR20/TS20
    • Sports Home Cub T20SH
    • Mountain Cub T20SM/T20M
    • War Department (T20WD/T20M WD
    • Bantam Cub T20B
    • T20B Super Cub
  • Police Machines
    • The RUC Cubs
  • Buyer's Guide
  • Resources
  • Technical
    • Machine Numbers
    • Gear Clusters
    • Front Forks
    • Front Fork Oil Change
    • Condensers
    • Finding T.D.C.
    • External Oil Filter
    • Lucas Energy Transfer
    • 12V Conversion
    • Fitting Indicators to a Tiger Cub
    • Fitting a Craven Luggage Rack
    • Spark Plugs and Sparks
    • Know your Alternator
    • Oil Pumps and Lubrication
    • PRS8 Switch Repair
    • T20 Oil Filter Kit
  • Your Stories
    • My Wee Cub
    • Denny's Terrier
    • A T20C Story
    • TR20 Cub Sorted
    • Saving Sylvia
    • My 1959 Tiger Cub
    • My First Restoration
    • Found in a Scrap Yard
    • My First Bike
    • Brand new out of the Box
    • On the Road after 40 years
    • First bike I ever Rode
    • The' Tarbuk' Conversion
    • A Tiger Cub in a Box
    • Aunt Tiny
    • Well-travelled Terrier
    • Mashooq's Tiger Cub
    • 48 Years with my Cub
    • Ready for the Arbuthnot
    • My Collection of Cubs
    • Mountain Cub and Cafe tales
    • My favourite Cub of all
    • A Cub in Norway
    • Beginning of a Terrier Restoration
    • An Ambush of Cubs
    • A T20C Cub (probably!)
    • A Moment Frozen in Time
    • Finally after 56 years!
    • Still riding Cubs after 60 years
    • A Lakeland Venture
    • Back to my Teens!
    • Terrier Tribulations!
    • Brian's Cub Special
    • Sold, Bought, Restored
    • It started with a Cub
    • A Family Connection
    • Cubs & Terriers in the Family
    • Benny's Tiger Cub
    • Tiger Cub Trials!
    • Getting my '59 Cub in '58
  • The Princeton Cubs
    • Class of 2009 - 2010
    • Class of 2010 - 2011
    • Class of 2011 - 2012
    • Class of 2012 - 2013
    • Class of 2013 - 2014
    • Class of 2014 -2015
    • Class of 2015 - 2016
    • Class of 2016 - 2017
    • Class of 2017 - 2018
    • Class of 2018 - 2019
    • Class of 2019 - 2020
  • Sporting Tales
    • Bonneville Speed Record
    • ISDT Success
    • Success in the Scottish
    • My 1961 International Six Days
  • TC&T Mysteries
    • The Terror
    • Who is this?
    • Mountain Cub Mystery
  • The Bermuda Connection
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The Class of 2016 - 2017

Project - 1958 Tiger Cub
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​The start of the project, as found on eBay.
Clutch and Oil lines
Ben and Theodor
 
This list is certainly not meant to be exhaustive; rather, it is a starting place of potential issues you might run into. Every bike is different, but these were the challenges we faced on ours.

The clutch, as it came to us, was incomplete; it was lacking a full set of driven and friction plates and had springs in very poor condition that needed replacing.

Additionally, the duplex chain was overstretched and caused significant energy loss, not to mention wear inside the case.

To anyone who might be working on these clutches in the future, be sure that the duplex chain is making contact with all of the teeth of both sprockets.

Backplate assembly: has rubber parts that protect against internal shocks between the rotor and the plates.

Severely degraded in condition, so we dissected it - it's usually assembled as an entire unit.
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Our work was more complex than this, but it broadly fell into five large task areas.
​Each step was necessary to ensure that the clutch would function when we put it back on the bike.

Our project lasted about twelve weeks, although we worked on other systems as well.

Here you can see all of the clutch components disassembled; each has been cleaned thoroughly and replaced if necessary.

Once the clutch was reassembled and placed back on the bike, it worked like a dream, aside from slippage due to issues with having tightened the clutch springs without lubrication.
But when the bike was up and running, we were able to tune it to make sure it would not slip.
 
Most of the work we did on the oil system involved ensuring that the passages were clear and that the oil could flow freely.

Because some of the components, namely the oil lines feeding from the bottom end into the reservoir, were worn out, we had to fabricate new parts.

Bottom End group testing (and cleaning!) the oil pump by running it in the parts cleaner using a hand drill
 
The creation of new oil lines was simple, as it primarily involved bending copper tubing to match the previous specifications.

Additionally, we worked to make sure the engine was leak free (or at least had as few leaks as possible- these bikes love to sweat!).

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Bottom End
Alexandra and Divyanshu

A problem - We noticed that parts of the engine cover had been worn away, which led us to believe that in the past, the motorcycle was run with a loose chain that rubbed continuously against the case and wore away the material.

​The subsequent holes were problematic, as they would lead to severe oil leakages if left.
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To solve this problem, we replaced the chain and built a tensioner using CAD and then a CNC machine to keep the chain from hitting the side of the case if it ever became loose.

The screw attached to the tensioner can be moved up and down in order to adjust the tension in the chain, ensuring it stays away from the cover even as it stretches more and requires the tensioner to take up more slack.

​Top End
Julian and John
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The cylinder head was fully stripped, sandblasted then the valves were reground and the valve seats were re-cut.

We tried to 3D scan the existing valve cover and make a model in CREO but it did not work, so instead we took measurements of the valve cover and made another model in CREO to make on CNC.
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​Finally, the barrel was re-bored to take a +0.030" oversize piston.
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Electrical
We did not do too much for this system. But the stator was not fitting in the engine case as the case was made for an older stator. So we ground down one of the pegs in the casing to allow it to fit.

We took apart the distributor testing if the springs worked and if the capacitor worked on an oscilloscope, and they did.
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​The headlamp and horn are more peripheral in the electric system.
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We searched Ebay for an original Lucas headlamp and the horn came on the motorcycle to start. ​We just took them apart and cleaned them.

The switch was tedious to take apart, it originally was not turning so we took it apart and cleaned it soaking it in acetone.

We make the mistake of not taking good pictures of the wiring, so we struggled for a long time to put the wires back.
In the end the real issue wasn’t gunk inside the switch but and external bent metal plate. We unbent it and it worked.

We were given a given a wiring harness made for and ET system and converted it to be used for our battery based motorcycle.

Shock Absorbers
Our shocks were what are called twin-tube shock absorbers. They function to dampen because they have two cycles, compression (as the piston moves downward) and extension (as the piston moves upwards).
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Compression is “easier” than extension, which helps eliminate bounce, effectively dampening the impact. The spring sits around the inner tube and inside the outer tube of the twin-tube shock-absorber, and supports the vehicle’s weight as the shock absorber dampens.
​We had to machine our own tool to disassemble the struts, because this is the first time in this course that we have restored the struts instead of just buying replacements.

After doing some research online, we decided that the best method would be to create a tool which would rest on the washer on top of the spring when the struts were held upside down.
We would then use the milling machine to press upon the tool, thereby compressing the spring and allowing us to remove the aluminum clamps which held the spring in place.
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This would free the spring, washer and of course, the two clamps we would remove. Then we would be able to check the dampener and be sure that it was still functional.
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We found a brass tube that was the same diameter as the washer so that we could compress the spring by pressing down on the tube. We then used the Milling machine to create a whole in the side of the brass tube that was large enough to remove the clamps through, but was not big enough to damage the structural integrity of the tool.

We had to be careful about this because if the tool were to fail when we were using it to compress the spring, it would have been very dangerous.
Luckily, it was a successful and safe operation, and the dampeners were functional. So our only task was to paint the dampeners and polish the clamps, and then reassemble using the same tool and the same process (just in reverse this time).


​Forks, Handlebars, and Cables
Steven and Matthew
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​Fork strip and rebuild
  • The spring comes apart into three pieces. The two pieces at each end are threaded to match the spring itself.
  • Spring alongside the stanchion (silver tube). The three cylindrical pieces fit around the stanchion.
  • The spring slides into the stanchion tubing. The nut at the top of the spring threads into the top of the tube.
  • The stud at the left end of the spring will thread into the bottom interior of the lower fork leg (black pieces). The cylinders thread into the top of the lower fork legs.
  • The lower fork legs have pieces that attach to the axle of the front wheel. One of the forks also has a small hook that attaches to the front brake. (This means left/right fork is important).
  • Triple tree requires 15 ball bearings on both the top and the bottom of the triple tree. The forks will fight right into the holes of the triple tree.
  • The ball bearings are packed in grease at the top and bottom ends of the triple tree. This allows the entire steering assembly to rotate smoothly. After this was done, oil was put into the forks via a small, threaded hole in the side of the stanchion.
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​Brake adjuster not installed - once it is installed, the adjuster will screw into the hole through which the cable is passing.
As a result of tension from the adjuster and the drum brake attachment, the cable will become taut.
​Thank you to Glenn for manufacturing these handle levers!
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The adjuster is being installed (brass piece). It can be retracted and screwed in tighter to ensure tension in the brake cable. ​Shout out to Littman for the bomb handlebar mounts.
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Brake Levers and Adjusters
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​Forks in and brake cable attachment to drum.
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Wheels
Sydney and Rachel
We started with removing the tires and the brake shoes.
​We then cleaned the wheels before stripping out the spokes and nipples.
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Paint
Before parts were sent out to be powder coated, we had to cover all the threaded holes in the frame so that the paint would not be hardened onto the threads.

We also had to paint the mudguards ourselves to match the tank's color.
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  • Wheel group works on straightening out dents in the mudguards
  • Emma grinding down welds on one of the mudguards
  • Glenn teaching us how to paint the mudguards
  • Stephanie painting the second mudguard
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Carburetor, Gaskets and Fasteners
Laura and Elizabeth
 
Carburetor - We used the skeletons of 6 old carburetors (all the same type - Amal Monobloc 376 Series), took inventory of all parts, reassembled and tested it on the blue bike. It leaked gasoline immediately.

We determined several areas the leaking could be stemming from: the banjo, the fuel line itself, the petcock, and/or the float chamber.
First we added a second gasket to seal the float chamber. Then we noticed that there was a poor seal between the banjo and the filter base (the filter was old), so we put on a new filter and banjo, which worked like a charm.
​We also fit a new petcock on, as the old one was leaking as well.
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​Gaskets
We had to hand make new gaskets for the engine covers of both the timing and clutch sides. To start, Laura and Elizabeth measured the positions of the engine cover holes using the milling machine.
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​This was a very long process as the mill kept freezing and so in order to get the correct coordinates, we had to try three or four times for each gasket.
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  • We then plotted the coordinates of each of the holes and used Creo software to make a drawing which we could laser cut
  • We then laser-cut the gasket material with the correct holes
  • After laser cutting the holes, we traced the engine cover and cut out the gaskets.
  • And voila – tailor-made artisan gaskets!!
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Final Rebuild
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