Shakotom Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Wanted : Friendly engineering person in AUCKLAND? Trying to fit pit bike forks to a scooter and the steerer tube/ yoke is too short. Ive pressed the one from the pit bike forks out, and sort of have one that’s correct for the bike it’s going into as a sample So really I need one of these made that is longer so I can press back into the pit bike forks and jam the forks in the scooter Not really suitable to chop weld extend cause the threads chooched Happy to pay $ or what ever Cheers Shakotom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Steel has a small hole through the centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 for the amount you'll pay to have one baked from scratch, you may find it best to sift through scrap to find a factory steer tube/whole fork the right length..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, nzed said: Does it need the hole through? i wouldnt think so but in case a cable or something is being run down through there.... lol how long is it now and how much longer do you need it through the centre? Hole probably doesn’t need to be there currently about 220mm total length think it needs to be about 270mm total -need to do some more measuring to confirm total lengths and thread length etc tho. thread at the tops proper junk (someone’s attached it with a hammer/chisel so it’s not really suitable to chop and weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 28 minutes ago, Steelies said: for the amount you'll pay to have one baked from scratch, you may find it best to sift through scrap to find a factory steer tube/whole fork the right length..? That would be the smart thing to do, but pretty set on running these forks. Have got wheel/disc brake etc sorted for it. Have been searching for factory steerer to choppy chop or even a longer one for these fork to no avail so far /need to have a yarn with someone and figure out cost though cause don’t wanba pay stupid money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 yup yup. does it have a groove machined through the thread like bicycles do? aside from the hammer-machining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Steelies said: yup yup. does it have a groove machined through the thread like bicycles do? aside from the hammer-machining No groove, just thread which may be m22 x 1 metric fine?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 looks like you'll need someone to work for free, or throw some hundies at an engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 can you not get an el generco honda tube (dax / chaly / cub / ct / ss / probably even xr) and whack it in, even if you have to drill the hole in the triple bigger. you still got bits from that xl100 you pulled apart for me? could see if that works 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 or buy a brand new pit bike one so you have good threat and extend it, think thats probs what i would do http://stormparts.co.nz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24_241&products_id=24102&zenid=kv9v6m150ktc485hikscgpeeu3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geophy Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Ring me I can help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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