Dodgy fork thread ideas

[80sdave]

Rights i have a skyway streetscene fork and the most vital section of thread is knackered to the extent that its gone leaving me with the option of a new fork which are like donkey pooh to find so does anyone know if i can get round it with one of those tioga headlock things, eg does that sit higher than a normal headset nut etc any ideas welcome.
Cheers

[selfpreservation]

a goodbike shop should be able to retap the threads foryou for around a tenner ,but if they are stripped all the way it wont work

[selfpreservation]

you may be able to get someone to weld a new 1" tube on the forks and get it tapped ,or even build up the existing threads and get them retapped a bit (wouldnt ride on them though be ok for a show pony)

[motomagII]

ring billys bmx they can do shim and ahead stem and headset so ya dont need the threads i think i used one set up like this last year

[80sdave]

cheers guys this will never be ridden it's my first resto i just want to keep it original as possible ill see what billys got.
Thanks again.

[kuwahero]

hi dave

I got a set of forks once that the thread wouldn't start because someone had hit them with a hammer and also further down the steerer they were damaged too.

I took to my local shop and he filed the top flat again to allow the threads to start. then he went around the damaged ones with a junior hacksaw blade to recut them.

Once he'd down that he ran the headset top plate up and down them half a dozen times to clean them out. job done

They have been fine ever since. Good luck

Marc

[jon foz]

I would say the easiest way would be to get another set of forks and cut then re-weld the threaded part onto your existing forks,there are loads of cheap forks to choose from

Jon