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tommo903:
Hi, bit of a disaster this morning  :(…something I hadn’t spotted previously. I noticed a hair line crack in the top yolk. I loosened the pinch bolt and the inevitable happened…part of the top yolk came away. Just to rub salt in the wound, it’s the same on the other side too.

Im sure this will have happened to others too, so I’m wondering if anyone has had a successful repair carried out, or am I in for another top yolk?

Thanks for any help or recommendations.

Cheers, Steve

florence:
I would not attempt to repair that.

Johnwebley:
That is what happens if you don't have the D washers/spacers

New yoke needed

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tommo903:
Strangely enough, it was the D washers that drew my attention to it. I noticed them in the parts book and wanted to check on my bike to see if they had been fitted. They were fitted, which makes it a bit odd that this has happened. It would seem hard to believe that a PO broke the yolk by missing out the washers, then adding them afterwards.

Thanks anyway, I think you’re right, a new/good used yolk is what’s needed.

Bryanj:
The early pinch bolts are bigger than the later ones and can be grauched up way too tight

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