homiegee555
James Gee
anyone know how to mine snapped a couple days ago
how to fix SR forks
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conordavidson
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Where'd you snap it?
homiegee555
James Gee
ill take a pic of it may be bad quality tho its the threaded part
homiegee555
James Gee
yah it was
scooter justin 25
Member
dude...
did you break it where the bars and headset thing meet??? or a bit higher up...
and also do you ride stock headset or upgraded??? cuz if its upgraded then you dont need that nut thing...that goes where the threads are??? you kno uhh...right above the stock headset cover....lol
instead of that if you snapped it high up then you can just take taht off and use it
did you break it where the bars and headset thing meet??? or a bit higher up...
and also do you ride stock headset or upgraded??? cuz if its upgraded then you dont need that nut thing...that goes where the threads are??? you kno uhh...right above the stock headset cover....lol
instead of that if you snapped it high up then you can just take taht off and use it
well heres what I did...
hope its clear enghoff, i used a threadless bmx fork tube so i want from threed sr fork to threadless the only probalem is i still havent found a compression bolt, but i geuss you could use a threaded bmx fork tube but then if it brakes because its threaded ur fucked, or if you really want a threaed you could just do this and the bring the fork tube to be threaded, but just be a real man n go thread less! hope this helps
hope its clear enghoff, i used a threadless bmx fork tube so i want from threed sr fork to threadless the only probalem is i still havent found a compression bolt, but i geuss you could use a threaded bmx fork tube but then if it brakes because its threaded ur fucked, or if you really want a threaed you could just do this and the bring the fork tube to be threaded, but just be a real man n go thread less! hope this helps
Red Redemption7
Member
your forks and wheel changed colors as you were fixing your sr forks :O
anyway yeah id go with what Corey Kalmann seems like it would work good
anyway yeah id go with what Corey Kalmann seems like it would work good
lol yea ^^
the only other way I know to do it is to be a thick ass peice of 1 1/8 tube to to a machine shop have some of it mill down so it will fit snug into the rest of your sr fork and then welded and grinded
but you have to have access to a machine shop and milling machine for this so.. the my other way is al little easyier
the only other way I know to do it is to be a thick ass peice of 1 1/8 tube to to a machine shop have some of it mill down so it will fit snug into the rest of your sr fork and then welded and grinded
but you have to have access to a machine shop and milling machine for this so.. the my other way is al little easyier
homiegee555
James Gee
ok thx
the_SD_local
I own SR.
That's basically what you do only don't put any tube inside. If you take it to a welding shop they will be able to line up the pieces on their own and if you put a piece of aluminum T tube in a steel tube and weld on it the aluminum will contaminate the steel weld and then your forks will break again.Corey Kalmann. said:well heres what I did...
hope its clear enghoff, i used a threadless bmx fork tube so i want from threed sr fork to threadless the only probalem is i still havent found a compression bolt, but i geuss you could use a threaded bmx fork tube but then if it brakes because its threaded ur fucked, or if you really want a threaed you could just do this and the bring the fork tube to be threaded, but just be a real man n go thread less! hope this helps
the_SD_local said:
Agreed at the extra tubing, there's no need for any.
BMX fork tubes are usually so thick that you can use some filing machines to file a part of the tube a bit thinner so it would fit in SR fork, press it all down and weld it. It also doesn't need to haave a gap between the tube ends.
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conordavidson
Member
Kind of off topic but, wouldn't the longer the forktube is, the weaker it is?
the_SD_local
I own SR.
The longer, the better. All your leverage is in your bars anyways so it doesn't matter but if the forks are too short it can damage your bars.
Brian Murphy
Member
yea i ve snaped liike 2 r 3 bars from the bottom cuz of the fork being shortthe_SD_local said:
conordavidson
Member
the_SD_local said:
How so? Not trying to be argumentative, but I really want to now.
the_SD_local
I own SR.
If your forks are too short with the amount of leverage you have on your bars it forces the top edge of the fork tube to cut into your bars causing them to snap at the base.