REFLECTOR: Gear Forks

[John Dibble]

What do casting flaws look like?  Will it still do some good to polish
after 100 hrs use?

John

NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:

>  Greg, The factory charged me $50.00 for the new fork, plus shipping.
> It is well worth the piece of mind and improved strength. Polishing
> out the casting flaws will increase the resistance to fatigue cracking
> exponentially!!  Sorry you have to do it twice :) You may have
> Velocity send it as a gift to get by the import taxes you folks have
> to pay. I know of a Kitfox builder that was reamed pretty good by the
> duty imposed on his new & improved cowling. All the best,    Kurt
> Winker.