Friday, 4 July 2025

SQ4 - rocker shaft seals

 These wet black rings are the fibre washers that seal the ends of the rocker shafts. They get very hot and are subject to oil seepage from the rocker box. 

I need some new ones.


They are not a standard fibre washer - they have a large outer diameter of about 3/4 inch but the hole in the centre is for 5/16 inch - unfortunately they are out of stock at Draganfly:

So here are the bits we need. At the top of the picture there is a 20 mm punch which I have turned from bit of handlebar on the mini lathe. Below that is the special washer and the nut that fastens the rocker shaft in place; top left is the punch used to make the central hole. The new washer is to the left - it's the grey one. 

Below is the mangled original.