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    Fitting rear axle to front fork

    I think it's time for me to close out this help session. In the end, I was able to determine the problem was with the fork design and there really was no good way to work with it...risky at best and mostly impractical. So...I bought a new fork and replaced the old one. WIth the exception of...
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    Fitting rear axle to front fork

    :oops: I think I found my problem…in trying to correct one I created another. I think the bracket is supposed to extend the opening an additional 35 mm. The real problem is the bracket doesn’t clear the bottom of my fork…so I padded out the space where the bolt goes with washers. All this...
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    Fitting rear axle to front fork

    Ok, I've looked around the forum searching using "reverse fork" and "180 degrees." It looks like most of the discussion is about getting the tire to fit underneath the fork crown and the other topics were unrelated. I have turned the fork around. The problem is, the hub (wheel) doesn't fit...
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    Fitting rear axle to front fork

    So the $500 questions is, how do I fit a 135 mm rear axle into the front forks which have a 100mm spacing? I'm assuming all (well, all cheapies at least) front wheels have the 100mm spacing and the rears are 135 mm (after all the instructions insist the spacing on the front brackets needs to be...
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