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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Thomas" data-source="post: 149516" data-attributes="member: 485"><p>It's funny sitting here thinking about something simple like a brake plate,</p><p>Going back to 1979 ish, For my New L/ning rep',</p><p>I fitted the better plates that were being sold at that time,</p><p>On doing up the fork spindle , The plate was tipped !!, Where it touches the lower spring box,</p><p>A LOT !!!!, I am sure other people had the same fault ?,</p><p>Making things fit is what I have done a lot !,</p><p>So I ground a bit out,</p><p>But now, It seems the boss in the middle should be thicker ?,</p><p></p><p>BUT to me the distance between the fork blades is set by other things ,</p><p>And should not be altered ?, If you strained the blades a bit , It might upset the pivots ?,</p><p>Where the plates fit , They should be a nats wider than the hollow axle,</p><p>So the forks nip up on plates not the hollow axle,</p><p> Or in the case of standard steel plates, The nuts,</p><p></p><p>There has been talk of thinner bearings , But I don't know of such,</p><p>What I am trying to say is washers between the blade and plate , Could sort it better ,</p><p>But to me is wrong,</p><p></p><p>So now to test, I would bolt an alloy plate to the leg, Which to me would be how it is in normal use ?.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Thomas, post: 149516, member: 485"] It's funny sitting here thinking about something simple like a brake plate, Going back to 1979 ish, For my New L/ning rep', I fitted the better plates that were being sold at that time, On doing up the fork spindle , The plate was tipped !!, Where it touches the lower spring box, A LOT !!!!, I am sure other people had the same fault ?, Making things fit is what I have done a lot !, So I ground a bit out, But now, It seems the boss in the middle should be thicker ?, BUT to me the distance between the fork blades is set by other things , And should not be altered ?, If you strained the blades a bit , It might upset the pivots ?, Where the plates fit , They should be a nats wider than the hollow axle, So the forks nip up on plates not the hollow axle, Or in the case of standard steel plates, The nuts, There has been talk of thinner bearings , But I don't know of such, What I am trying to say is washers between the blade and plate , Could sort it better , But to me is wrong, So now to test, I would bolt an alloy plate to the leg, Which to me would be how it is in normal use ?. [/QUOTE]
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