E series triple clamps on H model.

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E series triple clamps on H model.

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I have a nice set of triple clamps off my 220 e series after doing a fork swap. I am restoring an h model and I want to press out the stem off the h series lower triple and press it in the e series triple. I basically am asking if the h series stem will press into the e series lower triple. Will this work out fine? I checked and they are the same distance from clamp to clamp so that checks out. Thanks
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No, the later stem of 1997+? is about 7 thousandths thinner
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JZ05220r wrote: 10:13 pm Nov 06 2022 I have a nice set of triple clamps off my 220 e series after doing a fork swap. I am restoring an e model and I want to press out the stem off the e series lower triple and press it in the e series triple. I basically am asking if the e series stem will press into the e series lower triple. Will this work out fine? I checked and they are the same distance from clamp to clamp so that checks out. Thanks
KDXGarage wrote: 11:26 pm Nov 06 2022 No, the later stem of 1997+? is about 7 thousandths thinner
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KDXGarage wrote: 11:26 pm Nov 06 2022 No, the later stem of 1997+? is about 7 thousandths thinner
Thanks and i keep getting the e mixed up with the h. I revised my original question.
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Re: E series triple clamps on H model.

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I've never seen an E model (back bone frame) that was originally a 220. Both E model (back bone frame) and H model (perimeter frame) came with 200 engines but 220 only came with a perimeter frame, beginning in 1997 AFIK.

Is yours a bored out 200 or maybe someone put a later 220 engine in an E series frame?
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pumpguy wrote: 01:52 pm Nov 07 2022 I've never seen an E model (back bone frame) that was originally a 220. Both E model (back bone frame) and H model (perimeter frame) came with 200 engines but 220 only came with a perimeter frame, beginning in 1997 AFIK.

Is yours a bored out 200 or maybe someone put a later 220 engine in an E series frame?
I had a problem with typos yesterday. I meant 200 E series. Thanks
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Re: E series triple clamps on H model.

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I got it wrong, too. The 1997+ stem (look up the part numbers for exact year / numbers) is the thicker one. The older stem is thinner. Some KX's are like that, too. It has been a long time since I was taking them out and measuring them. 17 years :-)
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Re: E series triple clamps on H model.

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KDXGarage wrote: 04:29 am Nov 08 2022 I got it wrong, too. The 1997+ stem (look up the part numbers for exact year / numbers) is the thicker one. The older stem is thinner. Some KX's are like that, too. It has been a long time since I was taking them out and measuring them. 17 years :-)
No problem. Still saved me a headache.
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