REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not

[Tony Babb]

Was there a date when this update was applied to all NGs supplied by the
factory? If not can anyone describe or better yet post a photo to help
identify whether the NG fork has been updated or not? How can you tell if it
has been heat treated?

I'm metallurgically challenged too...

Thanks,


> And make darn sure that the gear was heat treated, mine
> (FG) wasn't and it broke at the same point. The new one
> didn't have the gussets and their addition is probably an
> admission of the weakness at that point.
>
> Jim
>
> --- MMurp16900@aol.com wrote:
> > Hi Scott
> >  Last year we had a nose gear that failed at the pivot
> > bushing. I thought
> > everyone knows about the factory new reinforcement gusset
> > and improved welding.
> >    If you get a new fork be careful with the Goodyear
> > tire is wider than the
> > Condor and will rub on the inside of the fork.
> > Mack and Steve Murphree X.L.R/G
> >
>
>
> =====
> James F. Agnew
> Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
> Tampa, FL
> Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
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