fork help

[sydduckett]

have a set of series 3 li forks and am only able to get one link in. The other link wont go in as the side where the hole is has been bashed in, this happened when the links were taken out im guessing. Have taken to welders to see if he could do anything but no go....
Problem is that the side where the outside hole is has been pushed in by about 5 -10mm and needs to be pushed/pulled back out. Ideally a mini jack about 2 inches wide would be ideal but iv havent seen one of those for a while....or ever...

Any suggestions
Ta
Sef

[shocky]

ive done some like that i used a thick plate on the outside with a 12mm hole in it then on the inside i made another thick plate that suited the inside of the fork leg also with a hole i heated the forks till cherry red then bolted both together and tightened the nut and bolt till it pulled the bent bit out . i did remove the washer on the outside of the forks as it was bent anyway

[paulmgreen]

What Shocky said - best solution!

[sydduckett]

Did you leave the plates & nuts loosley in place prior to heating and then tighten up? Im presumming it would be way to hot to f**k about trying to do it after.....

Also sorry for being thick but did you have the nut on the outside when tightning down..?

As in, from the outside
threaded bolt
Large plate with 12m hole
nut

From the inside
thread through smaller plate with nut on

ta


ta

[RICSPEED]

a drawing is in order

[RICSPEED]

[shocky]

Did you leave the plates & nuts loosley in place prior to heating and then tighten up? Im presumming it would be way to hot to f**k about trying to do it after.....

Also sorry for being thick but did you have the nut on the outside when tightning down..?

As in, from the outside
threaded bolt
Large plate with 12m hole
nut

From the inside
thread through smaller plate with nut on

ta



ta

no i heated forks in a vice and sloted everything on after, im a welder by trade so welding gloves were worn . the nut was on the inside as rics drawing

[paulmgreen]

Ace drawing Ric!!! Star!

[sydduckett]

This is action beyond the call, would be mentioned in dispatches for this back in the day....

ta

[RICSPEED]

not bad for 15 mins