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Tank mounting misalignment
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldhaven" data-source="post: 54496" data-attributes="member: 2879"><p>Correction to my first post, the headlug is round bottomed, hollow and has a rib, shown as type 1 in the Vince Farrell article in MPH 733.</p><p></p><p>Bill, I may remove one or two lug to oil tank bolts and try this, but I just measured distances of the tank mounting holes from the edge of the bosses on both sides and they vary from 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch from front to back and top to bottom measured at the appropriate points relative to the steering axis, and they are not the same on both sides, contributing to the problem. They are way off in the casting. I just can't see this much misalignment in that casting from a crash without some visible sign of damage.</p><p></p><p>I was in the process of getting the UFM and petrol tank ready for shipping to get some bad Kreem tank liner put in about 25 years ago taken out, and now I am in a funk about possible expensive crash damage. I may have to reassemble the front end and check alignment of the front axle, or at least put some sort of device down the steering axis to check it.</p><p></p><p>Ron</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhaven, post: 54496, member: 2879"] Correction to my first post, the headlug is round bottomed, hollow and has a rib, shown as type 1 in the Vince Farrell article in MPH 733. Bill, I may remove one or two lug to oil tank bolts and try this, but I just measured distances of the tank mounting holes from the edge of the bosses on both sides and they vary from 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch from front to back and top to bottom measured at the appropriate points relative to the steering axis, and they are not the same on both sides, contributing to the problem. They are way off in the casting. I just can't see this much misalignment in that casting from a crash without some visible sign of damage. I was in the process of getting the UFM and petrol tank ready for shipping to get some bad Kreem tank liner put in about 25 years ago taken out, and now I am in a funk about possible expensive crash damage. I may have to reassemble the front end and check alignment of the front axle, or at least put some sort of device down the steering axis to check it. Ron [/QUOTE]
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