The front stand of my bike came from the Egyptian scrap container attached to the front mudguard with a simple bolt and nut, through a steel plaque attached to the mudguard.
I think this is not entirely normal, so I would like to have a sketch of both that bolt and special nut; can anybody help me
(Yes, I know, Russell will probably have both, but I prefer to make them myself in SS... )

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Bolt
Guard
Nut
Stand bracket
Wingnut or standard nut.

email (option): wariron@tpg.com.au

Hans, I have sent you a couple of photos.

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Anything any good here Hans? The bolt size is 5/16" X 26TPI. The rest you can work out. Ron

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Thanks Raymond and Ron, that's the info I needed!
Hans

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This is what the bolt and nut actually look like and the thread is 1/4" cycle.

Henk

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Nice! I've never seen a real one Henk. 1/4" thread? Has it got an increased hex for the nut? Ron

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What front stand?
Cheers,
Mark

The front mudguard stay is actually a front stand, the single bolt at the rear of the mudguard is slotted, to allow it to drop down and allow the front wheel to be raised, if you look at a lot of British bikes the rear stay on the front mudguard is wider than the mudguard to allow it to drop down and offer some support for the forks when the wheel is removed, it's just that no one really uses them on todays bikes because they would soon scratch the stay and there are easier ways to do it now.

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The nut is identical to the 2 that hold the rear mudguard tail on

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As Neale say, it's the same nut as used for the rear mudguard tailpiece.

As the bolt has two flat sides on the thicker piece it can't rotate in the mudguard making it easy to tighten the nut down. The hole in the mudguard has the same shape hole of course to make this work.

Henk.

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Hans,

I you need that bolt and the nut I have a spare. Send me a PM.

Regards,
Leon

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Thanks Dave you learn somthing everyday
Cheers,
Mark

Hi Ron,

The mudguard stay in your drawing, I noticed that it gets larger towards the forks. Do you know the year, as I have a 1940 with a stay like that and was wondering if it was correct?
Thanks,
Dave

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Hi Dave,this has been discussed before in earlier posts,you may be able to back track.There are pictures and various explanations but the general consensus was
its a hand hold for lifting the bike out of a ditch.
Strange but there we are,hope this helps.
cheers Rick

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Hi Rick,

Thanks for the reply. I have put a search in and have had a quick look.
Cheers,
Dave

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Dave as far as I know, all WD M20's have that increased portion on the offside of the front stand. Our best guess is by watching the brilliant training film (available from Henk or Horror) where the trainees are shown how to recover a fallen bike on a steep slope by using the front stay. Ron

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Thanks for that Ron. I'm not too sure if I have seen that film, I did see something ages ago, it could have been that. Cheers Dave

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