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It’s being held on with a large zip tie for 24 hours then we’ll see how long it lasts.
@TotalShanner This was 3 days ago now. So what happened?
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Honestly, it’s seems rock solid. Quite pleased with myself.
I’ve pressed on it as hard as I could with my thumbs and it didn’t budge. I put a bolt in and used a hex key to put a bit of leverage on and it didn’t snap off…
Not my neatest work but cheaper than a new fork or paying some specialist who would have probably done the same thing!
TotalShanner
A follow up about the broken mudguard eyelet on The Time Machine incase anyone’s been on the edge of their seat.
I removed all the paint from the eyelet and scored up the inner surface with a file and sanded down the fork leg, roughed it up with a file then wiped it down with IPA.
Mixed up the JB Weld and painted it on with one of my daughter’s fine paint brushes. A clean one of course.
I found this all incredibly exciting to be honest.
It’s being held on with a large zip tie for 24 hours then we’ll see how long it lasts.
JB Weld says it has a strength of 5000 psi but no idea if that’s shear strength?
If it’s strong enough to withstand knocks from toe overlap then I’ll be happy.