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Subject: RE: Question re tear down of Eldo

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Feb 3, 2003, 8:27 AM

Post ID: 1711864517

Thanks Bill,

I am going to head to Ed's this weekend. He has an original Police Eldo...I
will get a look at it and will call Mark if I need a replacement bracket.

Interesting but it looks like the PO had fashioned some brackets that ran
from the frame to attach to the fender. I don't know if he did that because
the POPO owner had cut the bracket or he realized that he needed that arm
after he cut it off.

 -----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cohoon [mailto:bcoh-@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:23 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Question re tear down of Eldo


Ian.. it was just a small piece of trivia.. that the police models have
a short arm on the left and a long arm on the right from the factory..
maybe the po thought someone had cut the left one and cut the right to
match?... anyway, as they always say, "Mark" probably has a dozen of
them.. he'd probably let go cheap...

Ian Adkins wrote:
 Bill,

Hard to get an accurate description in words. I guess I meant
to say that
 the arms on the battery tray had not been totally cut back but
cut back to
 the first set of bolt holes.


 -----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cohoon [mailto:bcoh-@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:04 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Question re tear down of Eldo


The right side end of the police battery tray is supposed to be short..
(or cut off).. but he cut all the way back to the tray? that is weird..
Bill

Ian Adkins wrote:

 Hey All,

Pretty much tore the frame of the Eldo down to the frame

sub-parts. All that

 is left is the steering head assembly (I have to take that to

the shop to

 get an impact wrench on that lower nut) and the center stand.

Everything looks pretty good with the components. Of course all

the bolts

 and exterior stuff was corroded (sitting outside at the PO's

place did not

 help) but the main components are in good shape. So nice not to have to
worry about replacing swing arm bearings, Ujoint (which was

perfect), etc...

 One question that I have for the list is that on the frame it

appears that

 the cross brace just below the swing arm has either been broken

or cut out.

 Hard to see what I mean from the parts manual but it is the

cross support

 that generally holds the rear brake stop cutout switch. The cross brace
above the swing arm holds the battery tray.

Since my only reference is a Civilian Model I was wondering if

the Police

 Models had that cross brace removed. Also...the PO had cut the

ends off the

 battery try....the parts that connect to the fender. Weird.

Any input would be welcome and if anyone has a spare battery

tray I think I

 could use it. Contact me off list.

Thanks in advance...Ian

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