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Old 04-05-08 | 06:07 PM
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duffer1960
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Originally Posted by unworthy1
I'd always opt for the LBS route: the proper tool does a proper job and press-fit tolerance is fairly narrow and hard to achieve by filing or sanding. BUT, that said, I certainly have done it and since I learned the hard way that you can easily go too far and past the tight press-fit all the way to "sloppy": then your new best friend will be LocTite GREEN. An adhesive made just for this sort of application.
Is there a risk of getting it off center & then having the symptoms of a bent fork -- pulling to one side?
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