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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Modified Steering Stem
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 81699" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>The thing is Greg that I did question the guys about bending the lower link back into shape and then machining it. I use a 25 tonne press to push the steering stems in to the lower motion blocks with the new steering heads so there would be no problem doing the bending. The problem is that, in their opinion, any straightening would likely be only temporary and the link would very likely try to revert to its previous shape, or some other. My own guess is that as with the new design there is no single spindle through both sides of the bearing position (originally eccentric position) so that the assembly of all the parts would probably pull the lower link straight enough. Anyone who has seen the new steering heads will have seen how very strong and rigid the mounting of the concentrics into the lower motion block is. I think that the lower link will distort to fit rather than anything else move but it is not the kind of elegant engineering that I like to send out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 81699, member: 456"] The thing is Greg that I did question the guys about bending the lower link back into shape and then machining it. I use a 25 tonne press to push the steering stems in to the lower motion blocks with the new steering heads so there would be no problem doing the bending. The problem is that, in their opinion, any straightening would likely be only temporary and the link would very likely try to revert to its previous shape, or some other. My own guess is that as with the new design there is no single spindle through both sides of the bearing position (originally eccentric position) so that the assembly of all the parts would probably pull the lower link straight enough. Anyone who has seen the new steering heads will have seen how very strong and rigid the mounting of the concentrics into the lower motion block is. I think that the lower link will distort to fit rather than anything else move but it is not the kind of elegant engineering that I like to send out. [/QUOTE]
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