It might be an early plate for use with the long brake rod?

Rob

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Hi Moses’
You probably have an early WM20 Brake plate for use with the front brake rod as these had no abutment fitted for a cable, (pre 1940 i think?)
You will probably need a later plate’ there’s plenty of them about,
Hope this helps,
Regards, Tom.

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It surely does help! I wasn’t aware of the pre-1940 brake rod. This particular M20 was overhauled at the Rhine Workshop (see the thread about the RW designation) and I’m sure had a lot of things cobbled together to make it work.

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This is it Moses. You will also have the redundant fitting on your fork leg. Ron

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I have to ask:

How hard is it to find that rod?

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Roy made some excellent repros. I bought one for my bike. I don't know if he or John O'B still has any? I drilled the cable lug out of my brake plate and filled the hole. Ron

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Hi
I still have a few rods left but would need to be sure if the forks are the early short type or the later / mid 41 longer versions
Best bet is to find a later plate with the cable stop / adjuster on it
Jo’b

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These forks were extended and turned into chopper forks once upon a time, and were converted back to original in the 1980’s. It’s extremely unlikely that it would match up with either of those lengths. Looks like I will need to find a new brake plate.

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