Mailloux tune change

[Veryfruity]

Sorry for such a basic question, but how do you change the tines on a Mailloux muck fork ?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Pull the bar at the back out, pull the times out.

Unfortunately it’s not usually that straight forward, the back bar gets bent and the tines rust in.

Grease replacement tinesto prevent rust and use individual bolts to secure them rather than the long bar

 

[Veryfruity]

Thank you, I’ll give it a go

 

[Tarw Coch]

Thank you, I’ll give it a go

Things like WD40, heat and a big will be your friends.

 

[Veryfruity]

Done.

I wish my welding held like those tines hold.

 

[Happy hillbily]

They look the same as chiltern tines ?
A right pita, straight tines in straight tine holders, they rust solid together and you can't get heat to where it needs to be the most as it's inside the box section tine holder. Ended up cutting the box section off the bottom of my grab and made a new one using heavy angle iron and a length of hydraulic ram tube, oh and ground the tines down so that they were loose in the tine holders.no way they will rust solid this time

 

[feilding]

Grease is your friend. I take my tines out every 6 months-ish, the fork will be 21 yr old next spring. tines come out easily. everything needs a service, even a muck fork.

 

[Matthew Britton]

They look the same as chiltern tines ?
A right pita, straight tines in straight tine holders, they rust solid together and you can't get heat to where it needs to be the most as it's inside the box section tine holder. Ended up cutting the box section off the bottom of my grab and made a new one using heavy angle iron and a length of hydraulic ram tube, oh and ground the tines down so that they were loose in the tine holders.no way they will rust solid this time

Chiltern were the MX importer to the uk for quite some time.

 

[feilding]

Chiltern were the MX importer to the uk for quite some time.

Mike Johnson was the boss, very nice bloke, his son was in charge after, don't know if still there,lost touch. With Chilton nothing was to much trouble,