I don't think this made it out the first time. Sorry if I'm double
posting.
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Territorial Gregory Petrolati wrote:
>There's a reason that the engineers designed the fork to be removable
Greg, keep in mind that many things on our cars are that way because it
was a quick/cheap/easy manufacturing solution. I'm not putting down our
cars or the engineers that designed them. Any engineer smarter than a
knock-off hammer will keep in mind ease and economy of manufacture while
designing his widget (of course ease and economy are relative if he's
designing a new Aston Martin).
I see two sides to this. The area in question is not normally a weak
spot, so I would probably opt for the stock solution. But since Jack
would be trashing the parts in question anyway, at worst he, or the DFO
(Dumb Future Owner) ends up trashing them a bit later. Of course, this
sounds like it might be one of those repairs that works so well he never
has to "fix it right".
BTW, if the welding heat should soften the shaft, causing cracking or
bending while in the middle of nowhere on a Sunday afternoon, I didn't
say any of this.
Tom Gentry
Life is too short to drive boring cars!
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