aviation welding australia, any good on mtb fix

[safreek]

I'm not one for torque settings. Just do them up tight, but not too tight. Given your love of weights go easy.




A well set up workshop should be able to do it, but it will be $$$. If you have a bearing specialist in your hood they may have suitable fresh bearings. Buy quality though.

Yeah, after getting reamed for the head bearing I hesitate to try them again. I may have to order overseas. Shall ask cove in the same email

 

[schred]

I'd just wait for Cove to give you the details before making a move, they might also have a diagram that shows any concealed trickery and how to disassemble it all without breaking sh1t.

Some pivots have surprising torque numbers that are worth keeping in mind even if you won't use a torque wrench.

And failing that you can use nominal torque numbers based on shaft size and thread pitch (M6/M8/M10 etc etc).

 

[safreek]

I'd just wait for Cove to give you the details before making a move, they might also have a diagram that shows any concealed trickery and how to disassemble it all without breaking sh1t.

Some pivots have surprising torque numbers that are worth keeping in mind even if you won't use a torque wrench.

And failing that you can use nominal torque numbers based on shaft size and thread pitch (M6/M8/M10 etc etc).

Cheers I think I may wait for some info back from them. Went to do some jumpie things today and it makes one wonder how safe it may be. Do boxxers have steerer creak probs as a general thing, it just sounds so frontie.
By the way, how goes the schred Jr, and yourself, keeping sane and fit

 

[schred]

Ha, thanks mate. Staying sane, and kiddie is going well and getting bigger every day (he's actually #2). Fitness wise it's improving but I need to step up the endurance as a friend invited me to join him in an adventure race early August, think its called Hells Bells, and I couldn't say no. I'm using it as a goal and motivation to get on top of fitness. Its a combo kayak/mtb/trek that you have 24hrs to complete it, sounds fun with old school navigation and a handful of maps but I may have bitten off more than I can chew with current commitments! Def living my mtb life vicariously through forums like RB and mtb videos with the kids.

 

[safreek]

well I got some tri-flow lube and squirted every pivot, nut, bolt, even where coil on the shock screws on. If it moved it got squirted, problem solved. Being a fuckwit I did it all at once so I still don't know where it came from, should of done one pivot at a time. The fox shock has a Manitou spring on it but seems to fit, is this normal, guess when t starts again I will do things one at a time. cheers guys.
seems the simple thing sorted it. should probably get new bearings anyway