What is it?
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Post Number 45 might help. More pictures might help.
https://oldminibikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/super-bronc-project.178007/page-3#post-1310915
https://oldminibikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/super-bronc-project.178007/page-3#post-1310915
But anyway the front forks where the wheel goes on are stuck solid. And no I didn't put the axle through the hole in the rim, someone else did because the center where the bearings are is too wide for the axle tubes in the forks. But either way I cannot get the forks to move to get the rim off. And I have used a torch. I would hate to cut a line down the center of the outside just to peel out the inner fork
The lower half should connect to a spring inside. The spring should have some type of loop with a bolt through the upper half of the fork.
Can you show a picture of the whole fork? That might be a bolt beside the number plate.
Fork looks sort of like Bonanza.
I would avoid heat because of the spring.
Can you show a picture of the whole fork? That might be a bolt beside the number plate.
Fork looks sort of like Bonanza.
I would avoid heat because of the spring.
If you want to get them apart your going to have to be patient. First put some transmission fluid down the top of the bars and let soak for at least a week. Then flip them over and put some transmission fluid on the lowers so it can soak. Every day or two put on a little more on the lowers for a couple weeks. After they have soaked for about a month, buy some ball bearings do like I did in the link above.
No matter what you decide, in order to save them you are going to have to soak them with some sort of penatrating fluid and wait.
No matter what you decide, in order to save them you are going to have to soak them with some sort of penatrating fluid and wait.
Also if you have other bikes you're planning on tearing down in the future go ahead and juice up every moving part and every nut and bolt now so hopefully they are easier to disassemble in the future. I've got a spray bottle with a mix of transmission fluid, brake fluid and a small amount of gas to thin it out that I put on every bike I get. I spray them as soon as I get it home. The transmission fluid is a great lubricant, the brake fluid will soften and bubble old paint and something to thin it with, mineral spirits would work.
