Subject: RE: front forks
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Mar 20, 2002, 6:21 AM
Post ID: 1709889138
Did you try to put the axle through? It's been a while since I looked at my
wheel but I'm thinkin' part of the axle acts as a spacer. Might be the rear
though, might be another bike altogether, but try it before disassembling
everything.
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: John Prusnek [mailto:spaj-@raex.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:50 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: front forks
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While reassembling my forks on my '69 Ambo, I've run into a problem.
They aren't straight, and there's about a 1/2" gap between the wheel hub
and the inside of the right fork lower when I put the wheel on.
When I disassembled it, nothing seemed weird or bent and it came
apart pretty easily. Going back together, it was difficult to line up
the fork tubes in the upper triple tree, but I finally got them in far
enough to draw them up with the bolt. Sighting down the forks it's
obvious that something ain't lined up.
I've put new steering head bearings in, rebuilt the forks, and
everything has been powdercoated. In retrospect I never checked to see
if the fork tubes were bent when I had them out, but visually they
seemed fine. Assembling the triple trees and steering stem seemed to be
pretty straightforward. At this point I'm going to disassemble
everything back to the bearings and see if anything jumps out at me.
Does anyone have any comments as to what to look for?
John Prusnek
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