gaff Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Can anybody advise me on somebody to strip my forks, re-chrome and plastic coat the sliders as well as do a spot of welding, (where the tension bar bolts to the slider, this has been snapped at some point in the bikes past and bodged). Gaff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechitlins Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 If I lived in England and was looking for a welder, I'd find out who welded Chris's Sherco silencer back together. (See the 'silencer re-packing' thread in 'Sherco') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 There is a guy who advertises in T&MX I think, whoever you use need to weld the lug carefully and then the leg may require reaming as it will usually distort. I have just repaired a sticking fork leg on the Cota 330 due to weld distrotion. As I didn't have a reamer I turned a piece of wood in the lathe to the same dia as the fork slider, I then put a little smooth grinding paste and oil on the wood and spun it in the lathe concentrating only on the tight spot, I kept trying the fork until it ran up and down smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 How do you weld 'carefully?' In order to weld ali it need to be hot enough to melt, heat creates distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 How exactley? I'm interested to learn a newwelding technique that doesn't create heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 You are the one who said you need to weld "carefully" Steve, why don't you tell us how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechitlins Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 TIG definitely produces a minimum of heat. My welder can butt weld 2 pieces of 18ga steel together without so much as a blue shadow on either side of the weld. Any other kind of welding would distort that metal to look like a potato chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffiths of wales Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Great re-chroming service but expensive ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Cheers, will be in touch with them soon ! The "SIX NATIONS" is looking good for us ! ! ! Cymru am byth. Gaff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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