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in my parts book it's part no 43 05 69 cuscinetto porta corona 20 42 12 which i mistranslated. it actually says "crown-gear bearing"

its the two bearings that sit in what the book calls the Crown gear holder, but i would call the sprocket mounting plate..

I'm changing all my wheel bearings, and the parts book suggests that the bearings in the sprocket carrier need to be "Crown Wheel Bearings". I'm guessing this is because the chain exerts a sideways force on them? Are these bearings a thing? I can't find them at Mdina or at various bearing stockists.

My Strada has the grey alloy wheels, and i'd like to get them refinished as its not the nicest shade in the world and there are some chips to the coating and parts where it has flaked off near the hub - I've asked a couple of blaster/powder coaters about this and without seeing them, they've both ...

Thank you for your help - Mauro's collars are spot on!

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Oh thanks, thats amazing. Have asked about shipping.

The only problem now is that i desperately need a set of his rearsets too!

interesting points about Stainless collars, which i had considered (i was going to use aluminum grease) and decent replacements are unobtainable...
I'm now looking at lengths of brass tubing... i could get 100mm 50mm tube with a 35mm inner diameter for about £40 . then i just need a machine shop to ...

Are you sure, that stainless esxhaust collars are the adequade material to insert in our heads?
I have a brand new pair of them since years. But building up Dulcinea I decided not to use them. Maybe with ceramic or copper paste it will do, but in my opinion this cobination of material is not the ...

Another thing Oli,

As an addition to your rebuild, you mentioned in CBG about M7 nuts and bolts.
DW Middleton stainless sell them, in nyloc too.
Perfectly ok for rocker trunnions and brake torque arms on Sports/Stradas. (Bolt only there to hold torque arm in place on welded on collar).
It's only ...

the old one is 42mm. the new one is 43mm...


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are they bigger by that much? It was sold as for a 350

well, that nuisance. it appears the stainless one is about half a mil wider than the original. I have a bloody expensive paperweight, then

I bought one of these to replace a chromed/bronze one that had to be destroyed to remove it. It only screws in about halfway, and then sticks. I've tried on three different heads, and it's the same on each. My remaining Bronze collar screws in just fine. Do the bronze collars wear, making them ...

Hi Ollie

I had my wheels done by AC in Yeovil. They did an excellent job of masking everywhere I asked for (including the speedo drive etc etc) and achieved a very good finish. They spectographically analysed the paint on the rim under the tyre to get the 'correct' colour too.


Thanks! Yeovil ...

thank you!

I have searched for an answer to this, but can't find it.

can anyone suggest a successful method of taking the speedo worm drive off a cast wheel?

My Strada's wheels have a ruined finish, and i want to get them restored, but most powder coaters need the wheel bare. i can get the bearings out but ...