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The lip seal seals the collar. There is a gap between the lip seal and the bearing. They are independent. The bearings have their own covers

The lipseal does not do anything except keep occasional splashing water out to a degree unless its a Yamaha with open bearings, then its crucial. Bearings fail mistly because of too little preload or from rusting. That could be from a damaged lip seal, but its mainly from power washing

Vang n spin op een van die groter KTM/Huskies: 450/500/690/701.

I’m not going to say its got no value, because it sure does, but I’d say it has very little monetary value. I’ve recently paid R220 for the no3 and the unused 4.5 was R100. I think we are the last generation that will buy books and tools.

Very cool

It is indeed

I have a lathe, but its a rather course reverse thread. Will be a pain. Easier to get yet another parts plane

My wife has some of those in her collection, they work lekker But I’m not a collector, I’m a user

Just for interest, the “new-in-box 4.5” 😵 with a heavily used and unrestored 4 and the sweet 3 I bought in Wellington

So, obviously I can’t strip a “new-in-box 4 1/2” 😜, but I still thought I’d show it off

New in box #4 1/2. Made in England, so there’s that, but did I say new in box?

My wife got involved in the search and she got me this:

Missing bit

I picked up a sweet little #3 Bailey Stanley at an antique store, but it needed the brass adjusting knob

Baie dankie

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I once ran out of rear tyre around 100km short of Upington on a similar trip on the way back. I would courier a rear to Springbok to a guest house or something similar to have a back-up.

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