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Offline James Nada

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What the fork!
« on: December 08, 2008, 02:14 PM »
Hi guys. I'm fairly new to this restoration lark so please forgive me if this is a stupid question.

I'm fitting some unkown/cheap/copy forks to my Mongoose Cali rider until I get hold of some 'proper' forks. However, the threaded fork seems to be about 1/2" to long for my headset (Tioga Beartrap II).  Is this a fairly common occurance?

Is it possible to cut down the threaded part of the fork or would I be best using some sort of headset spacer?

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Re: What the fork!
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 02:35 PM »
As long as the top bearing race can run down the thread far enough to tighten the HS correctly then yes, you can cut them down :daumenhoch:

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Re: What the fork!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 02:41 PM »
Or use a headset spacer if you dont want to cut the forks down.

Your choice!!  :daumenhoch:

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Re: What the fork!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 02:50 PM »
Just a little tip mate - if you do cut it down, first thread the hand tight nut all the way down past where you are going to cut  - then when you spin it back off after you've cut - it will re-align / clean up the threads where they've been messed up a little from the cutting  :daumenhoch:
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Offline James Nada

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Re: What the fork!
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 03:03 PM »
Cheers all,

I've put in a spacer from an old mo***ain bike.  It ruin's the look of my lovely headset so I think I'll go for the chop.


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