Technical & Reference Section > Tech and Restoration

Repair or replace Landing Gear?

(1/3) > >>

duncan:
I continued cleaning up my old Landing Gear forks over the weekend.
I used a soft wire brush to clean away light rust on the welds, but then I was disappointed to find the following:



A closer view:



It looks to me like a crack in the dropout, though if I try to move the dropout it seems solid enough.
Could it be just a surface defect, or is that wishful thinking on my part?
Don't know if I caused this 20 years ago, or if it was like this when it left the factory. Almost certainly the former if it is a crack.

Question is, is it better to get it rewelded, or cheaper to find a new set of Landing Gears?
I've searched the 'net, but only the 'Standing Gears' still seem to be available NOS, and I don't like those.

DR VINOAH:
im gutted 4 u ,

but all is not lost ,there r a few fellas on here who  could fix em ,

r they for a rider?

if not leave em, like it ,proper battle scare :4_17_5:

Bren Gunn:
Get new drop outs fitted, I'm sure someone will be able to help you out on this site :daumenhoch:

duncan:
Too many Miami Hoppers! They claimed a front Skyway and now my forks.

Although very hard to make out, a very thin corresponding line runs along the top of the weld on the other side of the fork, so it's a crack.
Also possibly a 5mm crack on the other dropout at the same place.

I've yet to clean up the Quad frame and see what sort of condition it's really in.
It depends on the condition of the frame as to what I'll do about the forks.
The rebuild was never going to be concours, it's too used, but I'd like it all to be structurally sound. Not sure yet whether I'll be happy with re-welding or if I'd prefer new ('84) forks.

As for me using this bike again, well I wouldn't like to test those welds nowadays unless they'd been fixed  :)

theRuler:
repair them, but dont give them too much stick afterwards

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page