Tore down the 37 Elgin Oriole again, I had reworked the coaster brake a week ago, and it still didn't stop right, plus it now had a ghost pedal under load.
I had seen a few years ago, when Mark
@tripple3 had a similar issue on his Tiki cruiser, that turned out to be the clutch and driver. Asked
@Gordon if he had a set and indeed he did. Much thanks to both Mark and Gordon on helping to resolve this issue.
I had wondered if the wheels were correct on this, and yes they are. The date code on the Elgin Air Cooled Musselman checks out to 3rd quarter, 1937.
Anyway, with input from Gordon and Mark, I replaced the clutch and driver, replaced the bearings with a NOS set. Honed the hub cylinder and lightly went over the brake shoe with some 400 w/d. It now stops better than any other bike I have. This thing is grabby.
While it was apart, I installed NOS drop stand bolts, whoever redid this bike previously, had a make do set of bolts for the stand, that while functional, were just wrong. I had ordered an extra set years ago when I replaced them on my bride's 41 Elgin, they work great.
I did use lock nuts on it, as well as some blue lock tite, it is embarrassing when your stand falls off on a ride.
It's a rider again.
