Obsolete part rant
Discussion
So I bought a scruffy Triumph Sprint 955i to spanner up and tidy, fairly rough and neglected but I have time on my hands and love a challenge.
Making slow progress, plenty of swearing, plenty of hammering and, as usual with a 25 year old bike, lots of penetrating oil for the inevitable corrosion.
I'm doing it properly, so bearings, seals and inner sleeves all being replaced as I go on; I am the kind of guy I would love to buy a used bike from.
I have, unfortunately, now hit a dead end.
I need one small spacer to fit inside the needle bearing on one side of the swingarm (single-sided), part No. T2057340.
It's a known 'fairly rubbish' bit of design since the needle bearing doesn't have a lot of grease in it in the first place, there is no seal on the inside face of the bearing, no grease nipple and you need to remove the whole rear end to access it (i.e. it only gets done when it gets picked up at mot time).
Every single one of these I have worked on or seen before has been pitted and replacement has been a matter of course since the part is less than £15.
Except it's now discontinued.
Ok, I could understand if this was a rare and unusual part, only used on one bike, seldom wore out etc however this was used on all the single-sided bikes through the naughties; Daytonas, Sprints, the 1050 sprint and GT, plus also the Speed Triple!
I mean WTF Triumph, there has to be a market for this!
Next options are either get a local engineer to produce one or buy a whole swingarm assembly off ebay which I am reluctant to do for one small sleeve.
Yours,
Angry from Scotland.
Making slow progress, plenty of swearing, plenty of hammering and, as usual with a 25 year old bike, lots of penetrating oil for the inevitable corrosion.
I'm doing it properly, so bearings, seals and inner sleeves all being replaced as I go on; I am the kind of guy I would love to buy a used bike from.
I have, unfortunately, now hit a dead end.
I need one small spacer to fit inside the needle bearing on one side of the swingarm (single-sided), part No. T2057340.
It's a known 'fairly rubbish' bit of design since the needle bearing doesn't have a lot of grease in it in the first place, there is no seal on the inside face of the bearing, no grease nipple and you need to remove the whole rear end to access it (i.e. it only gets done when it gets picked up at mot time).
Every single one of these I have worked on or seen before has been pitted and replacement has been a matter of course since the part is less than £15.
Except it's now discontinued.
Ok, I could understand if this was a rare and unusual part, only used on one bike, seldom wore out etc however this was used on all the single-sided bikes through the naughties; Daytonas, Sprints, the 1050 sprint and GT, plus also the Speed Triple!
I mean WTF Triumph, there has to be a market for this!
Next options are either get a local engineer to produce one or buy a whole swingarm assembly off ebay which I am reluctant to do for one small sleeve.
Yours,
Angry from Scotland.
Tango13 said:
That is actually a really good shout, but this is exactly what I'm looking for.Ynysfach said:
Not Sure if this is the part you are looking for Sprint Manufacturing Part REF: SD580
https://www.triumphparts.co.uk/product/swinging-ar...
Hope this helps.
Brilliant, thanks!https://www.triumphparts.co.uk/product/swinging-ar...
Hope this helps.
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