Subject: Re: Fork Assembly Problem
Author: Charlie Mullendore
Date: Feb 19, 2002, 6:19 PM
Post ID: 1709679393
Hi David,
Contact Stephen Brenton on this list for the tool made expressly for
this purpose. I got mine from him last week and it's just the thing. No
scrounging for bits to make one and the time it would have taken to make
one can be better utilized. The cost isn't much more than that of the
pieces to make one youself. The side benefit is you can help another
Looper finance his restoration! :-) Cheers,
Charlie
David Whalen wrote:
I replaced steering head bearings yesterday in my 74 Eldo. Upon reassembly, the bike fell over to the left off the motorcycle lift (jack) as it was lowered too much while I was trying to jockey the lower triple tree (with front wheel and fork assembly intact) to the bottom of the steering axle (stem). Then, when I righted the bike and refitted the motorcycle lift I noticed that the interior threaded part of the left fork assembly had "fallen down" into the outer portion of the fork tube thereby making it impossible to refasten that side of the fork assembly to the upper triple plate. The right side was fine, however. Has anyone had this experience who might share some insight. dw |