1950? Rear wheel

[Tazmantic]

Hi guys been a while as I've been trying to source more parts for my project and I've done a lot of searching on here and google but I'm getting myself a bit confused.

So I picked up a rear wheel with sprocket and bearings but no spindle, spacers or brake plate on inspection I found it has bearings that are not part of the hollow tube (each side is separate as shown in the 1950 parts list) are these just for the sprung back end or were they also fitted to the 1950 rigid? (I think the rear frame is 1950 after doing some research as both forks have the same gap 3/4", is that correct?) also these bearings take a 5/8" spindle but I thought I read somewhere the rigid should be 1/2" any help would be greatly appreciated and also is there an exploded diagram of all the spacers etc anywhere.

Cheers

[Invicta]

Hi my 1950 rigid model 18 has a 1/2" spindle in the rear wheel. Also the speedometer gear drive and spacer on the right hand side are different from my 1949 model 18 . The rear wheel bearings are also very different from the 1949 model and are as you described, so were definitely fitted to the rigid framed models. I don't know about a 5/8" spindle though. I don't think it was standard for 1950. My frame is away at the powder coaters at the moment so I can not measure the gap in the end of the frame. I will update when I get it back.