goodguydrew
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| posted on 6/2/10 at 05:42 PM |
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Fu tubes
I've just spent a happy afternoon repositioning my Fu tubes after realising I had fallen onto the steering column fouling trap. 
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 6/2/10 at 11:15 PM |
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Gutted.....
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James
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 12:34 AM |
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Drew,
Don't know how far you've got and can't tell from your photo archive.
But it's worth leaving FU1/2 until your wishbones are done and you're attaching the wishbone brackets. As you've found FU1/2 are so
hard to get right, it's worth using wishbone placement as your guide to get them right.
Making a jig as per my photo archive will help you.
Sorry if you've already got past this point and I'm teaching you to suck eggs! 
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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NigeEss
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 12:44 AM |
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Geez James,
You've so many pics/folders cand you give a clue where the jig is 
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 10:02 AM |
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The Jig photo's were in a folder called Bracket Jig...
 
The plans
 
Jig from front
 
Jig from rear
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James
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| posted on 8/2/10 at 02:23 PM |
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Thanks for that Steve.
I missed Nige's post.
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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The Doc
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 08:22 PM |
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Don't let's forget maybe that's why uncle Ron called them FU tubes.
Q: Who wants to live until they're 80?
A: Someone who's 79
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goodguydrew
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 11:09 PM |
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Thanks for the replies. James, I already knew about your jigs idea. Very good, infact I made one too. However, I positioned the bottom of the Fu
toubes too far inward and the tops too much outward. The result was the bottom of the Fu tube fouled the steering shaft.
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James
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| posted on 16/2/10 at 01:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by goodguydrew
Thanks for the replies. James, I already knew about your jigs idea. Very good, infact I made one too. However, I positioned the bottom of the Fu
toubes too far inward and the tops too much outward. The result was the bottom of the Fu tube fouled the steering shaft.
It's so easy to get them wrong . One of my brackets needed a bit of 3mm strip behind it to get it right- even with the jig! 
Fitting the wishbones can help you get the brackets right, you can use a small line and plumb to get your 22*mm castor if you thread the string
through the upper threaded BJ part.
HTH,
James
* assuming you're using book wishbones/dimensions
[Edited on 16/2/10 by James]
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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