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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Modified Steering Stem
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 81705" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>I mean obviously if the link is bent quite a bit, and I mean if you put a straight edge along the sides of each eye and check the gap verses the front bush on either side and they are quite different, then you need to do something, just the same as per Norman's findings about the horizontal plane of the pair of eyes verses the centerline of the FF6 bushes, if this is out by miles, then you should try and straighten as best you can. Some might find it crude and a bit like David's example above, but I simply hang onto the link in a pair of soft jaws in a descent vice, heat up the offending arm and bend it usually with a big Adjustable Crescent "Shifter" and it can take several goes before you can effect a descent outcome. But I have done several in this way, and the outcome is always far better than how it was before. A bit of preparation with a couple of good straight edges and a good copper faced hammer are useful at the time. Unfortunately it usually spells disaster for the paint job, so a light sand blast and re-paint is needed once all the crashing and bashing is finished.............<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 81705, member: 597"] I mean obviously if the link is bent quite a bit, and I mean if you put a straight edge along the sides of each eye and check the gap verses the front bush on either side and they are quite different, then you need to do something, just the same as per Norman's findings about the horizontal plane of the pair of eyes verses the centerline of the FF6 bushes, if this is out by miles, then you should try and straighten as best you can. Some might find it crude and a bit like David's example above, but I simply hang onto the link in a pair of soft jaws in a descent vice, heat up the offending arm and bend it usually with a big Adjustable Crescent "Shifter" and it can take several goes before you can effect a descent outcome. But I have done several in this way, and the outcome is always far better than how it was before. A bit of preparation with a couple of good straight edges and a good copper faced hammer are useful at the time. Unfortunately it usually spells disaster for the paint job, so a light sand blast and re-paint is needed once all the crashing and bashing is finished.............;) [/QUOTE]
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