6. BSA A10 Stand up and be counted

It's funny, but you don't tend to think of these things in advance. Having fitted the front and rear suspension. The next stage was to fit the wheels. It then occurred to me that the bike would not stand up, once the wheels were fitted. So I had to turn my attention to the centre stand.

The centre stand was not in good condition. Someone had welded a bent bolt to the side of it, to provide the foot pedal and the pivot holes in it were worn large and oval. Equally the pivot holes in the frame were also worn and oval. I have previously, during stripping, decided not to have the stand painted as it would require some welding and cosmetic repairs to bring it up to standard, before it could receive it's black paint.

Now in order to keep the A10 upright, it needed to be fitted. I obtained a piece of brass bar and set about turning two new brass bushes, on my lathe, for the stand and two for the frame. The holes in the stand and frame were drilled out to a larger size and the bushes made slightly oversize so that they were a press fit. A new stainless steel pivot kit was purchased and the centre spacer tube had to be shortened  in order to accommodate the thickness of the bushes.
Finally the new chrome stand spring was fitted and the stand was ready for use.

The holding split pin in the pivot rod has not been bent over, as sooner or later the stand must be removed again to have the welding done and the paint applied. But that is some time in the future. Right now it's ready for some wheels!

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