welding sr fork tube

[petersrides]

can anybody give me any tips or tutorials or what they did to weld on a bike tube, to make it threadless, or just weld a threaded tube on, because i will be recieving broken sr forks and i will weld a new tube on. i searched and couldnt find anything on this.

 

[humpurple kushiones]

nice clean tig welds. take it to a welder if you cant weld to good.

 

[petersrides]

like where should the welds be, when i completely cut off the old tube? or should i just cut the originla tube in half straight, and cut a part on the bike fork tube straight and just weld it in the middle??

 

[humpurple kushiones]

if your just making it threadless cut it off were the threads end

 

[petersrides]

ok thanks mate

 

[SPARTAN WORRIOR]

can you weld a threaded pro fork tube on to a dethreaded sr fork if you cut the tube off of the sr fork and then weld the pro fork tube on?!?!?!?

 

[humpurple kushiones]

there both steal but ont is 4130 and pro model is mild steal. i guess you can but i wouldnt

 

[Lil Steve]

Its not that easy. First you have to cut the threaded part off. Then you have to find a guy that welds. The guy has to weld the tube straight cause if its not straight it will not work.

 

[alexiorio]

there both steal but ont is 4130 and pro model is mild steal. i guess you can but i wouldnt

There's nothing wrong with welding mild steel to chromo.

Its not that easy. First you have to cut the threaded part off. Then you have to find a guy that welds. The guy has to weld the tube straight cause if its not straight it will not work.

Most professional welders shouldn't have a problem, but it wouldn't hurt to tell them it HAS to be straight.

 

[SPARTAN WORRIOR]

arnt sr forks made out of DOM tubing?

 

[714*fo*life]

NO do not weld a pro fork on!!!!!!

You have to order 1 1/8 chromoly/DOM.
Its very complicated and will be expensive.

 

[Andy Rhode]

no you dont. you can weld steel alloys to chromoly.
i used steel welding wire to weld my chromoly when i made bars

 

[petersrides]

im just gonna weld on my old fit blade fork tube its 4130 chromo tube it will fit. then run a compression so its easier, my friend trainer will have it welded on for me

 

[SPARTAN WORRIOR]

so can you weld a pro fork tube on to a broken sr fork tube?? do you think it will work and tig or mig welding if you did that?

 

[714*fo*life]

No you cant weld a pro forktube on.

Use a bike forktube. Threadless.

 

[alexiorio]

I have an old pair of Odyssey Classic Dirt laying around... But it'd be such a waste hahaha..
If my inwards ever snap, I'll probably use that.

 

[demo]

haha ima just not say anything till asked. but when u get it welded. reinforece the tit's ouuta that lil nugguh. cause it will break. and also if your sr forks were thread before you can use a pro fork. but if there threadless you cant. cause it will not fit. also bike fork tubes are usually smaller. and you cant just weld it on and have it work.

i lied. i said something when i said i wasnt going to hahah XD

 

[714*fo*life]

Dude you dont know what your talking about.

Do not weld a pro model fork tube on an SR fork period either its threadless or not.

Yes most bike forks will fit.

You have to get it welded like 3/4's down the forktube.

 

[demo]

^^^^ are u stupid? those v2.3 sr forks i have were broken and i welded a pro fork tube on and they never broke again. but i reinforeced mine.

the threadless sr forks are .083 [i think[
the threaded are the same as pro or old A.

I DID IT!! I KNOW!

 

[SPARTAN WORRIOR]

ok thanks that one guy so i can weld a pro fork tube on my sr fork but rienforce it a bunch??