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I have search the forum for this information and can't find any. Appologies if it has already been answered.
I am rebuilding a 1963 Allstate, today I managed to work out how to get the headset off the bike without cutting any cables or wires and no damage.....Now I need help.
How do I get be throttle and gear shift tubes out? This bike has sat for for a long time, I have got them to move slightly so they are not seized solid. I just know there is a trick or sequence I can't see yet.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
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You will need a 10mm socket. Remove the bolts from inside the headset. Your cable brackets and a series of washers will come off. Then the tubes slide out of the headset.

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Jimmyb wrote:
I have search the forum for this information and can't find any. Appologies if it has already been answered.
I am rebuilding a 1963 Allstate, today I managed to work out how to get the headset off the bike without cutting any cables or wires and no damage.....Now I need help.
How do I get be throttle and gear shift tubes out? This bike has sat for for a long time, I have got them to move slightly so they are not seized solid. I just know there is a trick or sequence I can't see yet.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks
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GickSpeed wrote:
You will need a 10mm socket. Remove the bolts from inside the headset. Your cable brackets and a series of washers will come off. Then the tubes slide out of the headset.

JG
Jimmyb wrote:
I have search the forum for this information and can't find any. Appologies if it has already been answered.
I am rebuilding a 1963 Allstate, today I managed to work out how to get the headset off the bike without cutting any cables or wires and no damage.....Now I need help.
How do I get be throttle and gear shift tubes out? This bike has sat for for a long time, I have got them to move slightly so they are not seized solid. I just know there is a trick or sequence I can't see yet.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks
What Gick said. Item S12281 is the bolt.
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Thank you - I will keep soaking and working thrm until they free up enough to pull out. Just did not want to use force and break something.
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Thank you - I will keep soaking and working thrm until they free up enough to pull out. Just did not want to use force and break something.
Use a lot of heat on the tubes; they will free up I assure you.
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Rowdyc where did you get that exploded diagram? I have the Haynes manual but it is not a detailed as this diagram
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Rowdyc where did you get that exploded diagram? I have the Haynes manual but it is not a detailed as this diagram
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Scooter Help
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Jimmyb wrote:
Rowdyc where did you get that exploded diagram? I have the Haynes manual but it is not a detailed as this diagram
Thanks
Scooter Help
http://www.scooterhelp.com/serial/VBB.parts.book.html
Thank you - just what I have been looking for
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