SSQA fork build

[Mysfyt]

Assembly day has arrived. Kept reminding myself during the week to remember to load the wiper seals on the shaft before attaching the forks. (Okay, I forgot) Otherwise, assembly went real well. I got a couple of Parker flow control valves off of Ebay so I can tune the speed of adjustment both ways.

Took it outside for sea trials and cycled it a few times to get the air out of the cylinder. Adjusted the control valves until I had the speed the same in both directions. Was a little 'choppy' until I added some 30wt oil to the support blocks and it smoothed right out. That answers my question to which direction to go.....oil it is!

My wife took some video of it in action and I will try and post it tomorrow.

 

[Jim Timber]

That turned out really nice!

 

[k0ua]

That turned out really nice!

No, kidding, that is the toughest/nicest looking set of forks I have seen lately.:thumbsup:

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, better than the best! :thumbsup:

 

[TomSeller]

Very nice ! Very industrial looking quality.

 

[Mysfyt]

First time posting a video. Hope it works!

 

[Jim Timber]

So how well will the chain hold up when you're digging stumps? :laughing:

 

[Mysfyt]

So how well will the chain hold up when you're digging stumps? :laughing:

If I have any problems, I'll just send them your way. Seems you weld chain pretty good!:laughing:

 

[Jim Timber]

If I have any problems, I'll just send them your way. Seems you weld chain pretty good!:laughing:

I don't know man, I failed x-ray on my test links. :laughing: Of course I welded them 3 hours past my bedtime after I'd already had a 12 hour day and wasn't trying for perfection. Still passed the bend tests.

 

[Mysfyt]

Just taking care of a few details before I declare it finished. Since I'm going with oil, I got these larger oil cups that will hopefully hold enough oil to last a while. Also locked down the adjustment knobs because I'm satisfied with the speed.

I want to say thank you to everybody that responded with the nice compliments, it was truly appreciated! And a big thank you to countrybumpkin for taking the time to post the image that had me modify my design and made it much simpler!

Now it just has to stand the test of time.