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02-19-2012, 12:17 PM
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Need help with a part!
G'day Folks,
I need to buy a new steering damper for the bakfiets... ...bakfiets? I hear you cry - what the %^&$* is a bakfiets?... Freight bicycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anyway the bit that has died is a steering damper. I need to replace it with one that has a closed length of about 30cm / 1 foot between the mounting centres. Question => Does anyone know where I can find an online steering compents catalogue that specifies this closed length / other dimensions?
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02-19-2012, 12:49 PM
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Cargo Bike Johnny Loco Bakfiets - Johnny Loco Shop , alle modellen rijklaar thuis afgeleverd The body has been made by some seriously competant people - probably in India. Unfortunately the rest of the bakfiets has been assembled by over paid lazy coffee swilling morons here in Holland. If I have to do business with that company again I'll probably spit up blood. I'd like to find my own steering damper that will last a bit longer than the last one - virtually all of the stuff they put on the bike was cheap junk (except the shimano stuff but even that was out of date bought on the cheap)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 03:10 AM
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Bump!
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 06:07 AM
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Unfortunately the rest of the bakfiets has been assembled by over paid lazy coffee swilling morons here in Holland. If I have to do business with that company again I'll probably spit up blood.
Heh! Come on now Army, what do you really think of them? 
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02-20-2012, 06:07 AM
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Any customisers / (motor) bike riders out there?
There use to be catalogues of tuning equipment about that actually had stuff other than purple exhaust pipe covers!
Does any one know of a supplier for something like this?  It is very light duty - might be also be made for a caravan? Or door closing? I'm pretty sure it isn't custom made for this bakfiets.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 06:26 AM
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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02-20-2012, 07:12 AM
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Hopefully Kuan will chime in.
I've got a bunch of machinery parts and warehouse catalogs here, I'll see if I can scrounge something up.
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02-20-2012, 08:01 AM
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it looks like a very standard type of ram. A bit like an air cylinder on a rear door of a wagon.
Is one end a rod that comes out & in? You should look up the brand name on a lifting ram on a rear door. A dead one with no gas in it would probably work. Is there any brand on it? Is there an engineering supply place near you? like where you buy wheel bearings?
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02-20-2012, 08:13 AM
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I'm sorry to admit that I've really struggled with this (bicycle) bakfiets - it has sucked away many many hours of my life because of the cheap components on it. It is one of those bits of machinery where even a 1/4" socket set is far too beefy and strong for it. (And for those who don't know me, take a look through some of the threads I've started and see what I've been up to with my W123 - I'm not totally incapable!)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 08:14 AM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 08:18 AM
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There are several engineering type supply places around here - I guess I'll have to start doing the rounds and pretend I am a company. Lots of places here only serve other businesses you see - that's why I prefer to shop on the internet...
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-20-2012, 08:59 AM
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02-20-2012, 09:15 AM
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Hmmm.
it's doubtful a steering parts source would be helpful. I'd think they would all stock the style like what's on the 123's. perhaps there is a machinery distributor that supplies stuff like for door closers, etc. that looks like a hydraulic unit, bleed control. the ball ends are unusual, makes it pretty fragile... Quote:
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02-20-2012, 09:22 AM
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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