Prewar Westfield Fork Question?

[dougfisk]

What? ...don't Westfield built bikes attach the fender to the underside of the fork crown? I have 2 forks I believe to be prewar Westfield in origin. Both have large voids on the bottomside of the crown where one would expect to find a threaded hole to insert a fender attaching bolt. What am I missing here?

 

[ThegoodThebad&Therusty]

Ya' see what i've been saying !!

Something unnatural going on over at the house of fisk

Lot's of forking around going on there seems to me ...

pap
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[rustjunkie]

Many Westfield forks like that have a square-head flat-head bolt with washer that is installed from the top, before the stem. It threads into a square nut to hold the mudguard on.

 

[slick]

Doug, Just send that Robin back to California and everything will be fine. No need to worry or lose sleep. I'll take care of it.

 

[jpromo]

I knew I took a picture of it somewhere.. and here it is. A long bolt and some washers. If you look down the fork, you should see a ledge that will hold the washer. So it does have to be the right size to fit inside the steer tube, yet still big enough to sit on the small ledge.

 

[dougfisk]

I knew I took a picture of it somewhere.. and here it is. A long bolt and some washers. If you look down the fork, you should see a ledge that will hold the washer. So it does have to be the right size to fit inside the steer tube, yet still big enough to sit on the small ledge.

AH-Hah! I can do that!

Thank You!

 

[scrubbinrims]

I am pretty sure I have an extra available for pizza money.
Chris

 

[dougfisk]

Doug, Just send that Robin back to California and everything will be fine. No need to worry or lose sleep. I'll take care of it.

Nice try Slick!

 

[fordmike65]

Like this?

Many Westfield forks like that have a square-head flat-head bolt with washer that is installed from the top, before the stem. It threads into a square nut to hold the mudguard on.