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Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
- Bill Shields
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Re: Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
You can add a bearing holder onto the end of your existing legs as long as you have enough internal clearance include of the steady frame
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Re: Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
Before I did that, I would take a piece of shim stock
Catch one end of it in the steady split line.
Close the steady and wrap when shim around the part.
Get everything tight and centered, soak the contact area with oil.
Now the leg is rotating inside a big brass bush and should not alter the dimensions of the steady legs.
Catch one end of it in the steady split line.
Close the steady and wrap when shim around the part.
Get everything tight and centered, soak the contact area with oil.
Now the leg is rotating inside a big brass bush and should not alter the dimensions of the steady legs.
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Re: Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
What type of shim would you use? Stainless steel or brass? 0.010 thick? Where can you get shim stock these days?
Looking at the tips of the steady rest now, they may sort of been honed to fit the shape of the fork leg. It seems really odd to me that the aluminium leg would shape the brass tips. Maybe something else was loose.
Looking at the tips of the steady rest now, they may sort of been honed to fit the shape of the fork leg. It seems really odd to me that the aluminium leg would shape the brass tips. Maybe something else was loose.
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brass or steel...stay away from stainless....but in reality, if you have stainless on hand....keep it lubricated and should be OK.
mcmaster.com is one place.
MSC direct another....
mcmaster.com is one place.
MSC direct another....
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Re: Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
Is copper too soft? I have some 0.010 copper. I see they sell some bearing ends but they could seem to drastically reduce the diameter.
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Re: Steady Rest Set Up for Motorcycle Fork Leg
I would not use copper
It will squish under the leg contacts and cause looseness
It will squish under the leg contacts and cause looseness
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