Hi All,
I feel like I'm assembling this bike by numbers...
As a change from the gearbox rebuild and the stalled swinging arm re-attachment, I thought I'd refit the front forks.
The thinking is, once I've got the front wheel on I can use that to align the rear to when I ream out the swinging arm pivot hole.
As always, it hasn't gone according to plan.
If line up the holes on the fork 'trousers' with the ones in the bottom yoke I can see there's a gap between the top of the trousers and the top yoke.
My first thought was that the top yoke cover would bridge the gap but it doesn't.
I'm a bit puzzled because I cannot easily see where I'm going to bridge the gap. The yoke fitting and steering column seem to have a fixed geometry once tight. Or do they?
I'm a bit reluctant to just over-tighten everything as the steering stem adjusting sleeve seems to bear on the bearing dust cap - maybe that's the problem?
Advice much appreciated as usual.
Thanks
Gary