REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not

[Jim Agnew]

Yes there is, it takes a Rockwell hardness tester.

See http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/rockwell.htm

You may be able to find a machine shop with a tester but
for sure at a heat treating company.  You will have to take
the strut to them unless you can find someone with a
portable one.

Jim
--- Tom Martino <tmartino@troubleshooter.com> wrote:
> The main question has NOT been answered.  Is there a way
> for owners to
> know by looking at it ... if the nose gear has been heat
> treated or not?
> Do they all look the same?  Are there any sure fire ways
> to know?
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Baker [mailto:sbakr@comcast.net] 
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 3:36 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not
> 
> Tony ... your nose gear leg is heat treated.  Scott Swing
> once told me
> that
> untreated gear legs were the norm during the "Danny" era.
>  I'll try to
> find
> out the date when the change to heat treatment occurred.
> Scott B.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Babb" <tonybabb@alejandra.net>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not
> 
> 
> > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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