Cv Conversion Herald 13/60

[Steve P]

I have the Jones,Bowler conversion on my Vitesse and it is excellent,however no longer available.(I think Nick is machining more adapters).

I am putting together parts for converting my Herald and have a full roto setup on the bench,I am not clear with the shimming aspect,when i stripped it all down there were no shims that i could see?

I am using the Jigsaw type/Rimmers shafts using the original hub etc.

Any advice appreciated,i would have posted on CT as well but their new site is too annoying.

Steve

[Nick Jones]

Hi Steve,

Sometimes there are no shims as such but there should be a small spacer on the shaft right up against the thick ring that the inboard oil seal runs on.  These spacers are (or used to be) available in 5 different sizes and only fine tuning was done with 0.003" shims.

Item 63 in the pic.  Item 64 is the shim where fitted

Nick

[Steve P]

Thanks Nick,i had another look at the shafts which i had discarded,found the 2 spacers,although they are different in that one has two flat surfaces and one is chamfered on one side.

Steve

[Nick Jones]

Think the originals are chamfered and are made of some strange stuff that crumbles if abused.  Doubtless there have been plenty of specials made as the originals have become harder to find.

Nick