REFLECTOR:To Gas Strut or Not

[Scott Baker]

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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> > Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
> > Tampa, FL
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