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Anyone converted 1" forks to 1 1/8 steering tube ?

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monkeybat:
Thats about it Rob, the 1 1/8 steering tube is off an old set of Mongoose forks and thats where Im getting the bosses from too. It fits snugley over the 1" steering tube and just wondered if anyone had good ideas of how to secure it nice and clean.

john4130:
be easier just to make a shim to fit inside the headtube of the frame or try the bigger balls for the headset. sounds like a lot of work making 1" forks to 1 1/8".

ozone:

--- Quote from: john4130 on January 07, 2012, 07:37 AM ---be easier just to make a shim to fit inside the headtube of the frame or try the bigger balls for the headset. sounds like a lot of work making 1" forks to 1 1/8".

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You can buy them - I don't get it either?   :crazy2:

http://www.sourcebmx.com/product/bmx-racing-products/bmx-racing-components/stems-headsets/headset-spacers/sinz-headset-reducer/2103.shtml

monkeybat:
I dont want to do it that way and I dont do anything the easy way out. Most of us wouldnt build these "OLD SCHOOL BMXs" if that was the case. Restos, Decals, Paint job its a long road to getting a bike to look exactly how We think it should look. I was just thrownin out there if anyone had a better way of anchoring the 1 1/8 tube over the top of the 1" tube.
 Its a mid school bike and I need to keep it looking as close to the day when it rolled of the production line. The look-alike forks -1"copys are the only ones that come close.
So I need to be useing the original mid school stem and no  old school headset.

Cheers anyway and all the best  Steve.

TwoBobRob:
 :LolLolLolLol:

Fair enough you awkward old bastard!

Right.

To secure your new steerer tube/shim thing, weld it all the way around at the top then grind/sand down to achieve a good looking finish.

Slightly more tricky I suspect will be securing the bottom bearing race. Depending on how fussy you want to be, you could either weld a washer on to act as a shelf for the race to sit on, or you could weld the race permanently in place. Just be careful setting it out correctly.

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