Subject: Re: front forks

Author: EldoMike

Date: Mar 21, 2002, 7:09 AM

Post ID: 1709898002

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Kev wrote:

Did you try to put the axle through? It's been a while since I looked at

wheel but I'm thinkin' part of the axle acts as a spacer. Might be the

though, might be another bike altogether, but try it before disassembling
everything.

Kev

Yeah, this was with the axle in place. I got the axles mixed up and
tried them both, neither helped. I'm pretty sure that the shorter one is
for the front.

Cookie wrote:

it's possible the triple trees are not lined up. slacken the 2 lower TT
bolts & twist the fork legs. see if it's possible to make them line up

way.

there will be a gap between hub & left fork slider. this is taken up by

thicker part of the wheel spindle.

cookie

Well, I took everything apart to look at it. What I found after
bolting the lower triple tree to the forks and putting the upper tree
in place (on my bench) is that the steering spindle is about 1/8" off
center of the hole in the upper triple tree. When I had everything on
the bike and the steering spindle bolted on, the fork tubes were about
1/8" out of alignment from the upper tree, and I had to really fight to
get them through the upper tree. What I've surmised from this is that
somehow the lower tree is tweaked. I checked the fork tubes with a
straight edge and they're fine.
So, the project is momentarily stalled until I find another lower
triple tree. ANYBODY OUT THERE GOT ONE THEY WANNA SELL CHEAP? Or
reasonably? I'm really in need here.

Thanks,
John Prusnek

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