Thanks noglider! You’re too kind. All fettling was done by me in me shed.
I was fortunate to find a very lightly used bike. The Tourist was tossed about over the years but hardly ridden.

Here are some pearls of info that I found out during the rebuild….
The rear fender stays would twist when tightening the axle nuts so I filed a couple washers with flats to fit between each nut and stay. Works great!
Before and after







Note how the nut is very flat on the right hand side. That is the side to position against the washer.
I didn’t notice until I looked at the photo; check out the “SA” stamped on the nut (Sturmey Archer?). Kinda hard to see.





The front fork has a nifty design that retains the axle. The bearing race has a pilot that fits into a keyhole type feature in the fork. Make sure this in in place (both sides) before tightening the axle nuts.



New crank cotters were fit using a file and ink (fat sharpie marker). I roughed them into shape based on the original cotter and then inked the taper face. Position the cotter in in the crank assembly and tap lightly in place with a small hammer. Tap the cotter out and file the high spots…repeat. Try to get a pretty good fit over the surface. The replacements are not near the good quality as the originals. I used a clamp to install and they are holding tight even with me chugging up some steep grades, off the saddle, in the gear Raleigh calls first (I'm waiting for a 22t rear sprocket to replace the original 16t).


Beljum