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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 02:16 AM
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Fitted Pro One slab triple trees to my 1984 Softail, only just realised that they don't stop the trees before they hit the tank!
What do I need to fit to stop them? Are there options?

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 03:36 AM
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Here are some pics


Slabs in place, see where old trees hit frame




Pic between slabs




Old trees, top




What us this hole for?
 
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Can't help you with that hole, but what is different about your old trees that stopped the forks hitting the tank? Are there stops on the bottom tree?
 
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See Pic old trees top, these hit the aforementioned stops/frame.
I have dismantled the trees now, there appears to have been some stops of some sort fired to the bottom tree- see pic attached to this post.

Looking at mcs catalog, there is an internal fork stop with four holes needed in the bottom tree that may have been fitted. But that is for later style head where Bearings are fitted directly into the head. My early softie has the bearings in cups.

Any help appreciated. Ideally I want to reuse those holes, but if not use another solution.

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