Yes I tried the seal that way round in desperation - I thought it may be fouling in the hole, I have it the right way round now

oh and definitely only the one seal, my photography is a little poor

is it fixed now then?

Im going to see if I can find the old seal, but its a bit late now ill keep you posted, thanks

why the old seal, why not the new one correctly fited?

Ill post some photos tomorrow and see If its any clearer

Ok here we go

Yoke showing shoulder

Grease seal in place

Bearing in place

Cups driven in to shoulders

Top bearing in

Stem in

Top seal on

Drawn up with threaded bar

lock nut on

5-6 mm gap between top of stem and top of yoke.

I have just re fitted it with the old grease seal which has given me an extra mm or so, see image below

thats not good!

The castle nut should be pretty much filled with the stem thread

The old seal fits around the shoulder doesnt it, thats why you gan a bit extra there.

are both the new seals the same with the same sized holes through them?

of course if you rough it together with no seals you should have lots of stem thread available...if not then the bearings are no good! ?

Yes you are correct the old seal fits around the shoulder but omitting both seals only gains me about 2mm

I have tried the seals every which way even the wrong way up the holes are the same size.

Think I am going to order some more bearings, can you recommend a supplier I was going to go through Yambits

Yes you are correct the old seal fits around the shoulder but omitting both seals only gains me about 2mm

I have tried the seals every which way even the wrong way up the holes are the same size.

Think I am going to order some more bearings, can you recommend a supplier I was going to go through Yambits

by all means use yambits but why not ring them and speak to Dave (mr Yambits) talk to him about all the issues you are having with this

Thanks Thats a good plan, Ill keep you posted

Just spoke to Dave, apparently the tapered bearings are slightly taller so he suggested I order the original ball and race bearings, thanks Paul

Well that's kind of a pisser isn't it? Isn't a reason behind getting the tapered ones to get away from the older style? Hmm I hope I don't run into that.

mine has taper ones fitted and i never had an issue!

Hi all got the new bearings today

Looks like thats my 5mm, very strange

parts in the freezer, hope to have it back together tomorrow happy days

Is it tomorrow yet? How did it go?

Hi, yeah all good. after assembling and disassembling it so many times the whole thing went together in about 20 minutes. came across another issue (see topic - front wheel alignment)

set out for its mot last Saturday but the gear shift pedal broke before i got to the end of the road

fingers crossed for this Saturday

I have the top and bottom yokes of a ct1 if they fit? in good nick if any use.They were not on taperd bearings but i beleve you can fit them .Looking at your pics the replacement bearings look wrong anyhow good luok i am only near crewe if you need the bits Ian Edit i see the problems sorted..