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Question about design of 1950's Schwinn Springer Forks
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byke!punk
MY WALLET'S GONE! MY WALLET'S GONE!
It'll all work out in the end. If it's not worked out, then it's not yet the end.
They were rusty...and the guy who "restored" the bike knew he could sell shiny faster than he could sell rusty. Dan has boxcars full of shiny Schwinn parts...problem solved. The problem was with the legs and the truss rods. Dan's truss rods didn't fit. Easy fix. All of this "sturm und drang" is nothing but speculation.
GTs58
I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
That's most likely the issue here, repro rods. Assemble everything correctly and if rod holes don't let you seat the axle to the bottom of the drop, modify the hole to make them work. Who knows what fork Dan modeled his rods from, and there were various lengths over all the years these pos springers were offered.
By the looks of the "pins" on the shoulder of OP's fork, the bike was "restored" by an amateur. Without a picture of the complete bike, it is impossible to determine how many aftermarket components were built in.
As you said, "modify the hole to make them work!" Exactly!
WillWork4Parts
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Unless you will it to be truth, it is speculation, got it! Perfectly clear now.
GTs58
I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
In this particular case, we were not given all the information or pictures needed to make a decent evaluation. I noticed that the yolk was bright and shiny like it was new, replaced or rechromed. The spring was not replaced since it still has rust on it.
As I said earlier, "this ain't rocket surgery." As GT said moments ago, "modify the hole to make them work." EZPZ. That's not speculation, just the facts. Inventing "what-ifs" is speculation, pure and simple. Speculation does absolutely nothing the advance the hobby.
No, the OP's fork legs are not bent, they are just a difference size from the shiny truss rods that were on the bike when he bought it. There were at least 3 confirmed different sized fork legs available from Chicago before the offshore invasion of the 90s. I have examples of all three, and no, they are not bent, nor have they ever been bent.
coasterbrakejunkie1969
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Is the fork from a Schwinn or is it a BF Goodyear made by Schwinn?
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