Originally Posted by
sykerocker
Absolutely nothing wrong with the bearings, they're terrific. My understanding is that the spindle has a notch cut into it for the clip that holds the whole assembly together, and spindles have been known to crack at that point. Of course, finding a replacement spindle is difficult.
Yeah, there is that. The other neat part is that there are two different spindles, one with a non-tapered square and one with a tapered end.
Gotta love English machinery.
My sons with a modern chro-mo fork.
This is his original fork which was the third and final revision of the death fork, it has a steel insert screwed into the fork and pinned to the steer tube.
