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Hi Dave, That's really interesting/helpful - a problem with the cables themselves wouldn't even have occurred to me! I'll take your advice and get some new cables made up and fitted. Looking online I see the cables come in different gauges but I'm assuming that the lightest weight automotive...

Hi Dave, The battery is a type 048 which is 12v/45ah/360a CCA. Here is an example...

I'm finding that my battery loses it's "grunt" (barely cranks over) after a few years and needs replacing. Testing the current battery (which only JUST cranks the engine) across the terminals I'm getting about 12.6v (engine off) and about 14.5v (engine running) so I assume that the...

Thanks for that Whitetiger! After a bit more "wrenching" today I think I've managed to make the original clamp system work OK. What I found was that the securing bolt wasn't in as far it should be onto the clamps. Problem was that the threads of the securing bolt were clogged with paint and...

I've seen quite a few posts about various methods to fix the old style hub clamps - including the fabrication of shims, grinding the clamps to allow more "travel" and replacing the hubs themselves with more up-to-date and effective ones. I've just found the following replacement hubs which look...

Hi Birch I also have a B1400, live in the UK and my rear wheels also getting very wobbly! The problem with mine seems to be that I cannot tighten the bolt any further which clamps the hubs onto the shaft as the two clamps are already "hard" up against each other and there is no more "travel"...