fortysixandtwo

WOW! Thats it?

The way it's been talked up here an in other threads, I was expecting to see some metal added to it.

Duke

Yeah I thought it was reinforced??

blown 944

I wonder whether they magnaflux them??

2bridges

Looks like they just use a bushing in place of the mini roller bearings.

I too expected to see reinforced fingers on the fork.

Buckaroo Banzi

The picture I posted is WHAT I DID not what Blazak does
I have yet to see a picture of a Blazak fork.

What I did was what I thought made sense..
I am Not knocking Balzak at all. Heck I never even meet the guy.

-BB

georgeleroy

When my mechanic and I examined the Blaszak "reinforced" clutch fork and compared it to my original fork with the half split arm, and a new OEM fork from Lindsey, we failed to detect any obvious physical differences in the dimensions of the three. So I don't really know what Markus actually does to the arms, if anything. The bearings are replaced with bushings, yes. I didn't take any pictures.

Jeff N.

I chatted with Markus a bit about what he does and i think the word "re-inforced" is a misnomer. Here's what I understood:

- fork was inspected for cracks, etc. Not sure how.
- missing materials on the fork welded in, ground smooth
- fork hardened or tempered. He mentioned an oven process so I assume it's some sort of heat treating.
- bushing installed.

I never got the impression he added materials except to tangs of the fork.

fortysixandtwo

From the description above, calling the fork reinforced is certainly a misnomer.
Calling them refurbished or remanufactured is a more accurate description.

lleroyb

Pictures were posted last night on the other 944 Turbo forum.

Lou

OntarioTurbo

There is another 944 Turbo forum? Surely not as good as this one!