stripped japanese screws

[Gord Hunt]

As I said earlier in the week I crashed my KLR600. It looks like the forks are bent. Just wondering if a set of forks off of a KLR650 will fit? A bike wrecker near me has a set so they would be ideal. Thanks in advance, Gord Hunt _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[Toby Slide Lampson]

Gord, I think so. Of course best is to take measurements or the old forks in....... Another possible alternative I heard of once, but don't have first hand experience with......is the idea of disassembling the forks and taking the inner tube to a metal shop with a roller....supposedly one can re roll the tube and straighten it(assuming of course that's whats bent). G luck... Slide Gord Hunt wrote:

> As I said earlier in the week I crashed my KLR600. It looks like the forks > are bent. Just wondering if a set of forks off of a KLR650 will fit? A bike > wrecker near me has a set so they would be ideal. > > Thanks in advance, > > Gord Hunt > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[steve pye]

-----Original Message----- From: Gord Hunt To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:45 AM

>As I said earlier in the week I crashed my KLR600. It looks like the forks >are bent. Just wondering if a set of forks off of a KLR650 will fit? A

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>wrecker near me has a set so they would be ideal. > >Thanks in advance, > >Gord Hunt

Gord, Would you happen to know if your bike wrecker contact has a complete set of gauges? I know a guy trying to rebuild a KLR 650 who's looking for a set. Any help appreciated, Steve A11

[FFDennis]

>>At 12:11 AM +0000 5/19/01, Greg Paul wrote: >>Hep me, Hep me please.... >>I have nearly stripped the phillips screws trying to budge them. Am I >>doing something wrong or is it dynamite time? Well maybe impact >>wrench time. Can't believe those two tiny screws are in there so >>tight! Am I alone or do I have company? (( >It's happened to me on two bikes. I took a worn (small radius) >fiberglass-reinforced Dremel cutting wheel and cut slots in the >screws for a big flat screwdriver. Worked great. >Mark >B2 >A2 >A3

Wow, once upon a time, removing Japanese Phillips head screws with a chisel was an essential skill for anyone working on a Japanese bike. I like the dremel idea though. Greg, you don't try to chisel the head off....you chisel near the edge, at an angle, so that you are chiseling the head counterclockwise to loosen it. Try the dremel thing first, perhaps with an impact screwdriver, after a bit of Liquid Wrench. FFDennis "If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, pretty soon all your problems look like nails"