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patentgeek

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Frame/Engine Clearance
« on: April 30, 2018, 01:28:27 am »
There is very little clearance between my engine and the right front downtube.  The front and rear sprockets are aligned, so I'm confident the spacers between the engine and frame are in the right locations.  And I've put a straight edge on the frame tubes, and nothing is bent.

Is this normal?

I can take a pic for clarity if the above isn't clear.
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Re: Frame/Engine Clearance
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2018, 10:08:58 am »
It's probably fine patentgeek. I had my rocker box off yesterday to re-torque the head after the top-end rebuild, and there was barely enough room to get the oil feed off.
This is the best photo I can find of that area; I'd fitted the head, and the oil feed was still attached to the crankcase, but of course had fallen down below the head. There wasn't enough room to get it past the head, and I had to remove it entirely, and refit from the top.

clearance by bancquo, on Flickr
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Re: Frame/Engine Clearance
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2018, 07:38:47 am »
Wow, that's really tight. Glad to hear it's not a problem.  One less thing to worry about as I pull this NF out of a 30+ year slumber.
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