So Here is a few picts of the making of a 1" front axle with Kawi ends to fit an inverted fork.... a cb550,with a ZX1 fork, and a harley front wheel hahahaha if that was said anywhere but here people would be like WTF WHY hahaha
We used a donor Kawi axle and cut the end off, it was bored out to 1" to accept a piece of 1018 cold rolled steel, it was then tacked on and moved to the lathe for facing to correct lenth, and the end turned down to accept threads, The threaded end cap was also bored down to the threads to slide over the 1" stock as it threads on to the axle, once it was cut to lenth it was moved to the welding bench and fully welded
here is where the magic happens HAHAHAHA
in the lathe
fully welded
next to a stock axle for comparison and ready for some threads
Hopefully the die will come in Tuesday and it will be done
Thanks for the smitywicks Joe