Indian 640 Canadian

[welbike]

Well, while I'm behind the computer, might aswell do it now:

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Hope this is clear enough? they are big scans, so hope it works,

Lex

PS if you click on the image, and then it opens in a new window, then click on "view larger image", then you should have the biggest size.

[rob love]

Thanks for the posts and links. When I hit the photos though, they take me to the G503 website where I need a password to view your album.

I saved the photos to my computer and they expand reasonably well. I also already have saved the photo from Gerry Greer's site as it was the closest I could find to what I have here. There seems to be a variation to the two upper shackle bolts on this bike. Rather than a bolt, this one has a long rod that is threaded for a short bit on one end, and a longer length on the other end, which will be for the one threaded shackle. I made the jam nuts, but I guess my main query was on the size and quantity of spacers and or thrust washers. I see there are no thrust washers used, but two spacers at the rear upper shackle bolt (or rod in my case).

Or does it? Your parts diagram shows item #34 (pn 42616) spacer as being on the forward bolt, but then lists it as belonging to the lower link. Because the manual does not offer the quantity used per equipment, it is hard to determine if the bike just uses two or 4 of these.

I am certainly closer to assembling this correctly than I was before, so thank you.

The bike had been disassembled by a well meaning volunteer a couple of years ago, who left before completing the job. Since then, the bike went to the base workshop, where it also sat for a long time before we finally retrieved it back. So in it's journeys a few parts seem to have been waylaid.

Unfortunately, this is too common in the museum. I have about a dozen vehicles which have been left in various states of partial disrepair. The parts then seem to move with the tide to various other parts of the building, or put into boxes or containers and join the thousands of other boxes and containers on shelves and corners. At times, the job seems more like a game show where you see a letter turn over, and have to remember where you saw the other one just like it. Fortunately I am pretty good at that game.

[David Dunlop]

Any known history on the bike, Rob? Service vehicle from Shilo, donation, etc.?

David

[rob love]

It was one from the Bill Gregg collection. It has a DND number on it, but it is unknown if the number was correct for the vehicle. The DND number indicates an acceptance year of 1942, so it is hard to say if this is correct. Of the few Canadian photos I have seen, 41 seems to be more the norm.

[welbike]

Rob, since my bike is still in a thousand bits, I have no idea how many washers go there, but if you call my good friend Robin Markey from Bob's Indians in Etters PA, I'm sure he can tell you off the top of his head, and they sell parts too.

http://www.bobsindian.com/

Tell him I sent you! (ask for Robin in any case)

He has what must be the most photographed 640 in the world, if you google Indian 640, you will see all kinds of sdtuff with his bike on it!!

Below it is, some years ago, for a change he's on the back, and I'm riding it.

Cheers,

Lex

[rob love]

Lex
Between your scans and the scans on Jerry Greer's site, I think I have it. His site is especially valuable since he gives a lot of dimensions of each part as well. My two "rods" may have just been a production convenience. Far easier (and cheaper) to make a long rod threaded on the ends than to make a long hex headed bolt.

I see he has a reprint of the manual for the 640 with serial numbers just ending before the Canadian numbers. I'll get that ordered this week.

[Stew Robertson]

Rob
this bike when found had the same markings and was put back together as found
there is some cobbled parts in the distributor as we could not find originals as it was done before the internet and all this excess info was out there
I have no original pictures but here is one before Shilo and one at the Crearar
ceremony

CANERA 156.jpg CANERA 160.jpg