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 Two Little Dents in Tank??
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Joined: Mar 2007
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Complete Newb
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I was just shining it up a bit and noticed my forks make contact w/ tank on both sides when turned to the max. Got two little dents I'd like to keep little, lol. Anyone else dealt w/ this??
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Re: Two Little Dents in Tank??
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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that should not happen .
check the fork stop under the lower yoke.
if you do not see a problem there then look
to see if the tank is mounted correctly.
Pete
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Re: Two Little Dents in Tank??
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Oil Expert
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The fork stop's made of a soft alloy and it runs up against the hard steel frame - if you're heavy handed when you turn the forks against the stop you'll compress it. If you've done that you're up for a new lower yoke, unless you want to try getting someone to weld it to build it back up, or sticking little rubber bump stops on it or something.
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
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 The tank should sit like the one in this picture. If the rear mounting bolt is in place the fore/aft location is correct but if the tank mounting brackets are not correctly mated the tank can sit way too high and be hit by the triple tree/ fork. If you can pull the front of the tank up more than a fraction of an inch, the bracket was missed last time the tank was put on.
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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You can drill the lower tree and thread in adjustable stops to solve that problem. Can even get rubber bumpers from an auto parts store and cushon it.
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Adjunct
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Look in the yellow pages under paintless dent repair,they did a outstanding job on a new Taho for me.They use long curved rods to push out the dings from the inside,could'nt see a marke when he was done.
"Big" Jack Wilson
Mishawaka,IN.
2010 Thunderbird
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