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dadtharp
10-14-2005, 10:10 PM
The front fender bumps the top of the cylinder when turning and it is melting. I have seen another with the same thing. I dont see where the forks have been
bent and the fender looks likeit is mounted correctly. Anone have any info or experience with this?
thefox
10-14-2005, 10:15 PM
Sounds like the infamous bent frame to me. Pull the tank off and if the frame looks dented then you have a bent frame. It is kind of common for the 70's. When I bought mine it have a bent frame.
42F67N
10-14-2005, 10:44 PM
yup its common either the frame is bent under the tank or the forks are tweeked it dosent take much to make the fender hit on the 70,what i did on one that was rubbing the engine bolts was take the fender off and dremeled out the holes a lil bit just to gain a lil more movement and used a bigger washer on the bolt cause the hole was a tad bigger.
Vealmonkey
10-14-2005, 10:55 PM
Hey dadtharp, On my atc70, I noticed that the stops for the front forks were bent on the frame. I guess over the years with all the slamming of the front forks side to side bent out the tabs a little. You might also call them the fork stops, you will see where the front forks hit the tabs that are attached to the frame. I removed my front end and all the little bearing balls first. I then used a propane torch and heated the tabs up till they were good and red and then I gently tapped them back into place. I tested where the tabs were at by putting the front forks back on making sure the fender wouldn't hit any more. When I was happy where I had the tabs set, I sanded, primed and painted the tabs and steering neck area and then reassembled the front end regreasing the little bearing balls and all was well again.
Howdy
10-14-2005, 11:00 PM
The front fender bumps the top of the cylinder when turning and it is melting. I have seen another with the same thing. I dont see where the forks have been
bent and the fender looks likeit is mounted correctly. Anone have any info or experience with this?

As stated above probably a bent frame. We got 2 ATC70's that had the same problem. We straightened the frames ( unconventionally ) and never had a problem since. ;)
Howdy