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Setting the tension on the front fork

The torque on the front wheel fork nut has to be set using a 50 pound fish scale. I made a hook out of an old coat hangar to put inside the bolt hole of the wheel fork, then starting pulling on it with the fish weight scale. I kept tightening the large fork nut until the fish scale was up to 22 pounds when it started to move when pulling on it.

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