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[Greenbat]

Morning,

I'm resurrecting a 1960 Crusdaer Sport 250 for a mate at work. It's been a pretty long running saga, was going to be a couple of weeks fettling, in december! If you're interested some of the saga is here: http://oldnailsandswarf.blogspot.co.uk/

Anyway, latest problem is the front brake plate, the shoulder that transfers the braking torqure to the fork leg is threatening to jump off. By the looks of it it's been a bit loose, hammered on every application and cracked in the bottom of the slot. The sharp internal corner won't help either, how much was a bull nose milling cutter in 1960????
Luckily, Hitchcocks had a brand new one off a conti GT, which has an extra fancy air scoop. However, I've since seen you can get the Twin leading, 7" brake for an indian made bullet for not too much. My question is, can this be adapted to fit a Crusader sports? At the very least, has someone already found it's a no-hoper, thus saving me more hours of frustration? I'm a qualified machinist and have a lathe, so making spacers is no problem.
Ta all
Phill

[Bullet Whisperer]

Hi Phil,
The TLS brake plate won't fit, the main reason it won't is because the slot that engages with the fork leg is in a different position and a different angle to suit the greater lead of the wheel spindle on the bullet fork leg, compared with less lead on the Crusader type. I have in the past fitted the TLS brake plate to a British 7" front hub, used on an Indian Bullet and this required a little machining, but, unless you can get some good alloy welding and milling done, I doubt that you will fit it to a Crusader.
Cheers, Paul.

[Mark M]

You will find that properly set up (not hard to do) the standard Crusader 7" brake is very good so don't worry about it! REgards, Mark