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Cracked FF3 Lower Link?
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<blockquote data-quote="Elanman39" data-source="post: 162973" data-attributes="member: 5453"><p>Hi, I have just been round my recently bought 1950 Comet with a grease gun and have found what seems to be quite a few additional grease nipples above those mentioned in the literature. One is on the underside of the FF3 lower link and is clearly intended to feed the front pivots. When I applied the grease gun however I noticed a thin curtain of grease being ejected from the leading edge of the FF3 link, not from a single point like a drilled hole[ATTACH=full]53448[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]53449[/ATTACH] but in a line runnning about half the width of the link, located centrally. See the attached pictures, the first of which uses a mirror to try and show the source of the "curtain". I cannot get a direct line of sight to the front of the link, but am worried that I may have a crack there. Is this a known issue, is there a machined slot there, are the front forks about to fall off, any other thoughts?</p><p>Many thanks, Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elanman39, post: 162973, member: 5453"] Hi, I have just been round my recently bought 1950 Comet with a grease gun and have found what seems to be quite a few additional grease nipples above those mentioned in the literature. One is on the underside of the FF3 lower link and is clearly intended to feed the front pivots. When I applied the grease gun however I noticed a thin curtain of grease being ejected from the leading edge of the FF3 link, not from a single point like a drilled hole[ATTACH type="full" alt="20220924_173122.jpg"]53448[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20220924_173306.jpg"]53449[/ATTACH] but in a line runnning about half the width of the link, located centrally. See the attached pictures, the first of which uses a mirror to try and show the source of the "curtain". I cannot get a direct line of sight to the front of the link, but am worried that I may have a crack there. Is this a known issue, is there a machined slot there, are the front forks about to fall off, any other thoughts? Many thanks, Nick [/QUOTE]
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