The British Eagle revisited - Page 8
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Re: Not strictly bike...
Plymouth
hydorah":1o5rai7b said:ernie":1o5rai7b said:Great thread bud,
I have before used sugar and washing up liquid, that is a good "scrub"
keep those hands soft bud
Ernie{ 45 mile away neighbour
Ah cheers dood
And good call on the sugar!
It seems the granular nature digs the dirt out, similar to soap powder
Always got to be fairy though
[cheesy music]Now hands that build Retrobikes can be soft as your... [/cheesy music]
Where abouts in Devon are you?
Plymouth
Bensherman
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Just clocked this thread, sterling work dude - nice before and afters. Will be watching in anticipation.
Cheers
Matt
Cheers
Matt
SeeingisBelievingGTMuseum
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Need that fork...you using it?
gm1230126":3f3w6xp8 said:
Yes
Yes I am
That first pic was the major components I propose to use and the overall 'before' pic
- That fork is pretty knackered though!
Needs new elastomers (on order, from t' USA)
- and the brace has a rounded out bolt which I'm dealing with tomorrow
There's plenty of Manitous around just a bit harder to find with a 1-1/4" threaded steerer
Good luck in your search, did you do a want ad on here yet?
fork'n busy
Remember the forks?
Now the forks looked like this:
Well I'm waiting on lots of stuff...
Fork elastomers included, so I thought I'd busy myself with stripping the frame (which is now done)
- But not mirror polished yet!
And while the Nitromors was doing it's thing I decided on I'd tidy up the outsides of the forks
So I began by stripping them again, but as I was cleaning the outsides I'd do a total strip
All went smoothly until I attempted to undo the last fork brace bolt
This stuff is 10.9 high tensile steel but the head just rounded right out
- They are done up incredibly tight
Bugger! bit of a pain as it is countersunk, so I got out my old trusty old drill
And drilled
Beat the bugger as you can see. Once the head was split this relieved the compression and I was able to wedge a screw drive it there and get it out
Now I had a drill in my hand and a cunning plan formulated...
I figured I'd put some aero slotting into that fork brace
So I roughed out some holes with the drill, then tidied these up with a selection of files
Long story short here's the finished result:
To be honest I'm really chuffed with the results!
Remember the forks?
Now the forks looked like this:
Well I'm waiting on lots of stuff...
Fork elastomers included, so I thought I'd busy myself with stripping the frame (which is now done)
- But not mirror polished yet!
And while the Nitromors was doing it's thing I decided on I'd tidy up the outsides of the forks
So I began by stripping them again, but as I was cleaning the outsides I'd do a total strip
All went smoothly until I attempted to undo the last fork brace bolt
This stuff is 10.9 high tensile steel but the head just rounded right out
- They are done up incredibly tight
Bugger! bit of a pain as it is countersunk, so I got out my old trusty old drill
And drilled
Beat the bugger as you can see. Once the head was split this relieved the compression and I was able to wedge a screw drive it there and get it out
Now I had a drill in my hand and a cunning plan formulated...
I figured I'd put some aero slotting into that fork brace
So I roughed out some holes with the drill, then tidied these up with a selection of files
Long story short here's the finished result:
To be honest I'm really chuffed with the results!
MCsanandreas
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wow. good job on those forks,well done.
