Good day to everyone, well I have this set of forks off the trike.
They are heavy for the size and should be if solid bars of metal were used in making them.
The neck stem is 3/4" dia. and much longer than the neck tube, which is only 7" long.
The main fork is 1 1/4" dia. and the spring fork is 3/4" dia., and the lower tree and spring fork are welded to the main fork.
Lower bearing is worn and thrashed, the lower inner race is also worn with a lip/groove on the back edge, guess if I could look at the front edge it would have offsetting wear, or should have it.
Here are some pics.
when the forks are laying in the above positon there is a rock from left to right, and the forks rest on the tips of the rockers and the tree holding the spring/forks. I understand that might not be a true level machined edge.
The tip pic above is with weight pushed down on the tree and it lifts up this tip, other side stays on the ground.
Next pic is with now weight on the tree and both tips set on the ground, look at the shadowing.
oops, the first tip pic is of both tips on the ground, than when weight is on the tree the left tip lifts up a little, 2nd pic.
tried to get a pic of lower bearing race wear, not so good.
As you can see the left tube sticks above the tree while the right tube is flush in the top tree. This is the position the tree slide onto the forks when I put the right tube into the tree first. If I try the left tube in the tree first I can not get the right tube to slide in, a bit of work with the hands and it fits on. I do not think a heavy tweak is in any tube, I do think there is a tweak going on from wheelie's and bouncing back down onto the ground, but solid tubes helped this not be so noticeable, but is the lower tree bent and the neck stem ?
Not sure, but I was told one could carefully grind off the welding so all could come apart and parts replaced, if you know what is bent out of whack.
In this resting position there are 3 points of contact, the center of the bottom tree and the end of the rocker arms and main tube connect. They do rest solid on the floor in this position, but kind a hard to get a rock out of the 3 point resting position. I am not a biker, getting to the triker, so have not seen springer forks this up front and personal ever, but there is a first time for everything, cross this off the bucket list, LOL
They are heavy for the size and should be if solid bars of metal were used in making them.
The neck stem is 3/4" dia. and much longer than the neck tube, which is only 7" long.
The main fork is 1 1/4" dia. and the spring fork is 3/4" dia., and the lower tree and spring fork are welded to the main fork.
Lower bearing is worn and thrashed, the lower inner race is also worn with a lip/groove on the back edge, guess if I could look at the front edge it would have offsetting wear, or should have it.
Here are some pics.
when the forks are laying in the above positon there is a rock from left to right, and the forks rest on the tips of the rockers and the tree holding the spring/forks. I understand that might not be a true level machined edge.
The tip pic above is with weight pushed down on the tree and it lifts up this tip, other side stays on the ground.
Next pic is with now weight on the tree and both tips set on the ground, look at the shadowing.
oops, the first tip pic is of both tips on the ground, than when weight is on the tree the left tip lifts up a little, 2nd pic.
tried to get a pic of lower bearing race wear, not so good.
As you can see the left tube sticks above the tree while the right tube is flush in the top tree. This is the position the tree slide onto the forks when I put the right tube into the tree first. If I try the left tube in the tree first I can not get the right tube to slide in, a bit of work with the hands and it fits on. I do not think a heavy tweak is in any tube, I do think there is a tweak going on from wheelie's and bouncing back down onto the ground, but solid tubes helped this not be so noticeable, but is the lower tree bent and the neck stem ?
Not sure, but I was told one could carefully grind off the welding so all could come apart and parts replaced, if you know what is bent out of whack.
In this resting position there are 3 points of contact, the center of the bottom tree and the end of the rocker arms and main tube connect. They do rest solid on the floor in this position, but kind a hard to get a rock out of the 3 point resting position. I am not a biker, getting to the triker, so have not seen springer forks this up front and personal ever, but there is a first time for everything, cross this off the bucket list, LOL