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I'm moving forward with my disk brake conversion project and have been working on assembling the new forks. The fork tubes (stanchions) are new "british made" units I bought from an ebay merchant. The new bushings came from England. But they don't fit! Or more precisely, both the upper and lower bushes are a press fit onto the new fork tubes. And the lower bushes are a very tight press fit onto the fork tubes. Talk about stiction! :shock:
According to my vernier calipers, the new tubes have an OD of 34.5mm, the same as the old ones on my bike. So it looks to me like the bushings are sized wrong rather than the tubes being too big.
Is this normal? Should the assembly instructions include "ream the bushings to fit" (or maybe work them with emery cloth etc) or did I just buy some crappy bushings?
Debby
According to my vernier calipers, the new tubes have an OD of 34.5mm, the same as the old ones on my bike. So it looks to me like the bushings are sized wrong rather than the tubes being too big.
Is this normal? Should the assembly instructions include "ream the bushings to fit" (or maybe work them with emery cloth etc) or did I just buy some crappy bushings?
Debby