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Failure point heads up
- Bikesmith01
- Posts: 46
- Joined: Sun Jul 12, 2020 4:55 pm
Failure point heads up
I just wanted to share a heads up about something I just encountered. While prepping the headlight ears from my 1959 R60 for paint I noticed they were both cracked in the same place: There's a stress riser right at that point of transition where the folded-over bit ends. I figured I can't be the only one to have cracking there and thought you guys might all want to take a peek and see if yours are cracking too.
The good news is it's really easy to fix. Ten minutes per ear to weld up the crack and a little dremel grinding to ease the radius on that transition. I don't know that I totally eliminated the stress riser, but I figure I can just reweld the thing every sixty years whether it needs it or not
-Jon
Jon the Bikesmith
1959 BMW R60
1940 Royal Enfield WD-C/O
1942 Chevy 3/4-ton special Flatbed
1985 BMW K100RS
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- Bikesmith01
- Posts: 46
- Joined: Sun Jul 12, 2020 4:55 pm
Re: Failure point heads up
Hey Chris, I have an idea! Why don't you send me your pile of cracked ones, I'll weld them up, then we can sell them and split the profits
-Jon
Jon the Bikesmith
1959 BMW R60
1940 Royal Enfield WD-C/O
1942 Chevy 3/4-ton special Flatbed
1985 BMW K100RS
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