Hairbear Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Haven't been around for a while...been busy with family stuff. Most of you know that at last years NEXXT I sort of bounced my XX off of a guardrail and did some damage to her. I thought that I got away easy and just needed a front end and some body parts. Turns out that the impact actually broke part of the lower steering stem....where the lower bearings race seats in the frame. I hit so hard that it left 4 large dipples in the stem from the lower bearing. I have a excellent machinist and welder for friends...so we may try and may a adapter to take the place where the lower bearing mounts. If this doesn't work....... I'll need a new frame!!! Anyone out there have a good frame that they don't need? For a 99' of course. thanx tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rockmeupto125 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hey, Tom. Good to hear from you. Any chance you could just put some weld in the dimples and machine it back to spec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairbear Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 The stem can be fixed. The real big problem is the lower part of the frame where the bearing race setas in the frame. There's onlyhalf of the seat left...most of it is cracked off and gone. tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdman Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I think there are a few on eBay right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northman Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Talk to Joe (speedygeezer). He had a similar issue with one pretty recently, and had it remedied with a welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairbear Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 Talk to Joe (speedygeezer).He had a similar issue with one pretty recently, and had it remedied with a welder. Thanx for the heads up Chris! I'm thinking about filling in the broken section with weld....then somehow grinding the squared edge(where the rcae seats) back into the frame. Just not sure yet how to go about getting the edge close to square again. Maybe a dremil..or a die grinder. Worst part about this is.....I'm more pissed that I have to remove the front cowl to get at it easier, than actually having to fix the frame. thanx tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack82097 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Saw this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...sspagename=WDVW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairbear Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 I seen that on ebay. I'm just afraid of getting what I already have. I figured here on the board I wouldn't get screwed on another bad frame...from such young upstanding gentlemen like yourselves.. thanx tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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