Originally Posted by
Moe Zhoost
OK, I think I made some assumptions about your issue that resulted in an incorrect visualization. After some thought I think I've got the picture now. Forget about filing. Although that would align the fulcrum lever correctly, you'd still (as you pointed out) have to find appropriate anti-rotation washers. I think your only options are to either fabricate a new fulcrum or modify the one you have. The modification I'm thinking of is to rivet a thin piece of stainless over the axle hole, then drilling and filing a new axle hole with flats at the right angle for your dropouts. Making a new one may not take that much more time.
Good luck.
Well, actually, your post did help because for some reason I didn't think about orienting it in the horizontal position. After some trial-and-error I managed to position one of the torque arms to possibly do the job, and horizontally I was able to position two lock washers on the other side, one on both sides of the dropout. So it might just be ok like this (though I ordered some vertical dropout washers as well).
The dropouts are wide enough that the flats fit in there ok, so will have to test. Here's a pic:
Pre-2009 X-RK8 torque arm
When I get the vertical washers I will add them in. Sucks that like no one in Canada seems to sell Sturmey-archer! I always have to order from US or Europe.