EVERY 2,000 to 5,000 MILES (according to road conditions)
Air Filter (If fitted) clean and re-oil filter element.
EVERY 3,000 MILES
Rear chain In dry weather remove and soak in molten grease. (4)
Brake pedal Inject small amount of grease. (5)
Speedometer Inject small amount of grease into speedometer gear box, if fitted with
grease nipple. (15)
Ignition Clean contact breaker points and re-set if necessary.
Plugs Clean sparking plugs and re-set points as necessary. When re-fitting
reverse respective positions.
Steering head Test steering head for up and down movement and adjust if necessary.
Bolts and nuts Check all nuts and bolts for tightness and tighten if necessary but
beware of over-tightening.
Rockers Check O.H.V. rocker adjustment and correct if necessary.
EVERY 5,000 MILES
Oil tank Drain and re-fill with new oil. (16). If machine is only used for short
runs renew oil every three months instead of mileage interval.
Filters Clean metal mesh filter in oil tank (illustration 3), and metal filter
in crankcase on twins.
Ignition Clean and adjust as detailed in Electrical section.
Dynamo Clean as detailed in Electrical section.
Front fork Check each side of front fork for hydraulic fluid content and. if
necessary, top up. (12-24)
Insufficient oil content is indicated by abnormally lively action.
Carburetter
Remove carburetter float chamber side cover and clean interior.
Also detach petrol pipe banjo and clean gauze strainer.
EVERY 10,000 MILES
Magneto and Get a Lucas Service Station to dismantle, clean, lubricate and
Dynamo generally service.
Air Filter (If fitted) renew filter element.
SINGLE CYLINDER MODELS
SPECIAL NOTE.—It will be seen in illustration 6 that the oil pipe unions on the crank-
case are adjacent to each other. If the oil pipes are removed at the crankcase end,
great care must be taken to prevent the spanner fouling the other oil pipe union during
manipulation. Failure to take this precaution will result in a broken crankcase.
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