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| Thatch | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Mar 2012 - 12:26 Post title : Front Forks Material | | | I'm looking into having some further work done and I'm wondering if anyone knows what the upper fork stanchions are made of? Are they aluminum or some ferrous metal? (Sorry, I don't have a magnet on me to tell) I figured someone on here might know.
Oh and on the off chance.... anyone here have an extra pair? 
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Mar 2012 - 12:38 Post title : Re: Front Forks Material (Re: Thatch) | | | At a guess I would say 'ground steel tubeing' then chrome plated. Certainly not ali.
Just been to check. Steel as I said.
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| sprint5t | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 355 | | Location | : | Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 02 Mar 2012 - 00:38 Post title : Re: Front Forks Material (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
I'm looking into having some further work done and I'm wondering if anyone knows what the upper fork stanchions are made of? Are they aluminum or some ferrous metal? (Sorry, I don't have a magnet on me to tell) I figured someone on here might know.
Oh and on the off chance.... anyone here have an extra pair?
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I'm very curious Thatch, what work can you do with the upper fork legs ?
John
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Mar 2012 - 08:08 Post title : Re: Front Forks Material (Re: sprint5t) | | | Thanks Matt.
As for what sort of work... just a different finish. The material they are made out of determines what finishes I can and cannot have done.
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| mjgt | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 03 Mar 2012 - 08:54 Post title : Re: Front Forks Material (Re: Thatch) | | | Thatch, thay are made from steel with a hard chrome plating which is then ground down to size, the possibilities for another coating is quite wide. Can't wait to see what you have/are going to produce.
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