Four Wheel Forum

Also to Smithers a big thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Ben

SPOKES, Thank you! followed your advice and the petcock works perfectly. I used a Dremel with a brass wheel to clean it up. Ben

My selector arm needs to be smoothed out. I see some rust on it and thanks for the tip on the washers. I went out and bought a metric tap set so I can chase the threads to regular metric. I'll be off to the mower shop in the morning.

Spokes, Thanks for the info I appreciate it very much. They sure are tricky, I have three of them none which work decently. This one seems to leak from the selector arm but I'm not sure. Could it be leaking past the screws, the little red washers under the screws look dry and brittle.

Thank You very much. This was driving me nuts. Ben

I'm going nuts trying to repair the petcock on my 1965 benly. I bought a repair kit off ebay and it dosen't work, pours gas like a waterfall seems like the washers are too thick. Also what size are the three screws that hold the petcock on? I know that they are JIS but what siza are they? Thanks in ...

ben1942 wrote:Bought a Shinko SR 208 and tube from Small Tires.com for 43.61 plus shipping a nice tire and they shipped it in 2 days.

Forgot to add it was a 3.25x 16

Bought a Shinko SR 208 and tube from Small Tires.com for 43.61 plus shipping a nice tire and they shipped it in 2 days.

There is a very thin ground wire off the taillight body to the frame to make sure it is not a grounding problem hold a wire to the bulb socket and the frame if it works then look for a wire from the taillight base to the bolt.

Looks great!. I have to agree with you on leaving it alone and not doing a restoration. 50 years of patina show it was a well loved and taken care of. It's only original once.

Problem solved sort of. If I let the bike warm up for 5 minutes I can Find Neutral and the clutch doesn't stick. Now to install the clutch bracket, mirror, tire and it's done. The for sale sign is next.

It's strange if I let the bike sit for a day or two the clutch sticks. Today it was stuck and I let the bike warm up for a few minutes and the clutch was fine. Now if I can only find neutral on the first try life would be wonderful. Any ideas or adjustments I can use to find neutral easily?.

The front tire is origional and is very dry rotted, took the sprocket from another Benly that I have. I have a blue Benly that I'm going to do next as soon as I sell this one.

My mostly origional Benly. Replaced headlight switch, have a new front tire , left grip and mirror. Also drive sprocket.