Re: [CR]A rattling in my fork

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From: "feldman" <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
To: "Rick Chasteen" <rchasteen@kc.rr.com>, "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>, "Classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <HBECIOPCNPKEJLCJBKNKAEFNCMAA.dbilenkey@sympatico.ca> <000701c1a364$c6813c60$923a1a41@kc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]A rattling in my fork
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:19:01 -0800


I have also been told to use Elmer's white glue to immobilize a flux chip that was inside a tube.

David Feldman
Vancouver WA


----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Chasteen
To: David Bilenkey


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [CR]A rattling in my fork


> How about Frame Saver? That should encapsulate it at the bottom of the fork
> blade if you let it cure right side up.
>
> Rick Chasteen, Kansas City
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Bilenkey <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
> To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:39 AM
> Subject: [CR]A rattling in my fork
>
>
> > I'm hoping the list members might have discovered a good solution to this
> > problem I've got. A fork on an older frame I picked up last night has
> > something rattling around inside one of the blades. This is a fork of
> > unknown origin, but is made with 4130 Cro-Moly with a pleasant full
> sloping
> > crown. Currently painted black (although shortly to be repainted) and has
> > vent holes at the top and bottom of the blades.
> >
> > I tried pouring linseed oil into the blades in the hopes that the oil
> might
> > trap the debris (it sounds like a single large 'pebble' as opposed to a
> > bunch of rust flakes) once the oil dried out, but so far no success (it
> may
> > not have dried enough yet).
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > David Bilenkey
> > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________

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