I need a favour...

ti-10 · July 18, 2006, 01:20:18 PM

I don't know if my fork are cracked... Can someone look at there bike and tell me if theres a line on the bottom of the right fork?
thanks.

FearedGS500 · July 18, 2006, 01:44:45 PM

is it a stright line or is it a jagged line ? i just ask because most cracks are not stirght .. i'm not saying there not . its just very un common

ti-10 · July 18, 2006, 01:58:33 PM

its pretty straight... thats why i asked it ...

Stephen072774 · July 18, 2006, 02:35:11 PM

could be a casting mark, but you should make sure

ti-10 · July 18, 2006, 04:41:13 PM

ITS NOT A CASTING MARK ! CAN SOMEBODY PLS CHECK FOR ME

I DON'T WANT TO GUESS ANYMORE!

Altephor · July 18, 2006, 04:42:55 PM

Might help if you gave the year of your GS.

And if you were a bit more patient.

Onlypastrana199 · July 18, 2006, 04:49:43 PM

Perhaps if you could take a picture we might be able to look at it for you...

NiceGuysFinishLast · July 18, 2006, 05:09:15 PM

Quote from: ti-10 on July 18, 2006, 04:41:13 PM
ITS NOT A CASTING MARK ! CAN SOMEBODY PLS CHECK FOR ME I DON'T WANT TO GUESS ANYMORE!

Whoa.. chillax dude...

GeeP · July 18, 2006, 09:37:07 PM

Option 1: Pictures please? As close as you can get, and one slightly farther out showing the general area. NO FUZZY PHOTOS! Light the photo using a flashlight in a moderately lit room, holding the flashlight at a low angle to the surface. DO NOT use the flash, and DO NOT aim the light directly down on the area in question.

Option 3: (Poor man's dye penetrant)

Take a new red sharpie marker and mark the hell out of "crack". Push the felt tip hard right over the crack and scribble like a crayon. Wait a few minutes for it to dry, then wipe over it with a rag LIGHTLY moistened with acetone to remove the bulk of the ink.

If ink bleeds from the metal and looks like this you have a crack:

If all the ink cleans up you're likely OK.

ti-10 · July 19, 2006, 08:40:05 AM

Its an 06 GS500F... I just need someone to look at there right fork and tell me if theres a line at the very bottom of it..

baco99 · July 19, 2006, 08:42:22 AM

it's easier for YOU to send US a picture of the potential problem. what you deem as a crack could be a number of normal things.

annguyen1981 · July 19, 2006, 08:44:03 AM

Easiest way:

Check the other side of the forl and see if the same line is there. If not, something MIGHT be wrong.

Egaeus · July 19, 2006, 12:10:05 PM

You mean the split at the bottom? Like where there's a bolt on the front to tighten the bearing that's inside the fork? Yeah, that's supposed to be there.

ti-10 · July 19, 2006, 01:30:27 PM

Quote from: Egaeus on July 19, 2006, 12:10:05 PM
You mean the split at the bottom? Like where there's a bolt on the front to tighten the bearing that's inside the fork? Yeah, that's supposed to be there.

THank You!!! Finally some one got it

Stephen072774 · July 19, 2006, 01:51:22 PM

the expansion joint... i'm biting my tougue here

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