Alez
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Cycle wing repair?
One of the stands has broken, see pics. Not strange because a while ago I bended them in a different way in order to increase their clearance to the
tyre. A friend of mine has a TIG and a bench so welding with the broken bit off the car is not a problem at all. Welding without taking it off the car
is a problem however, due to location of his garage (could be done, but it would be complicated). How big of a problem would it be to take this bit
off? How is it done?
Cheers,
Alex
RED arrows point to the broken stand
YELLOW arrow points to a bolt I can see there
GREEN arrow points to a big bolt which can be seen from underneath, inside that piece
(The last pic was taken from where this green arrow is, it shows this big bolt.)
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Alez
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 10:08 AM |
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Alez
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mike-ktm
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 10:45 AM |
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Easy enough to take off, you've got the right idea there. Undo yellow bolt, then green nut - may need a ball joint seperator then to pull the
top ball joint out (prob get away with it ok though to be honest). Where are you located ?
Good luck, let us know if you're struggling.
Mike
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Alez
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| posted on 16/9/05 at 10:57 AM |
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Thank you Mike!! "Ball joint separator", hmm didn't know about these but I'll try just as you described, I guess I need to put
the wheel as low as possible (jack the car up a lot) to give the upper arm the maximum play. Let's hope it works 
I live in Madrid (I'm spanish), but lived in Surrey for two years, when I bought my Locost
Thanks!
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