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Tricks for removing dust boot?
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Could anyone share any successful techniques on removing these boots?
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Michael
Victoria, Texas
1982 GPz750
1977 KZ1000A
1978 KZ1000A
1982 GPz1100
1975 Z2A
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Doing forks is easy the second time. There's a learning curve on the first go around.
When I did the ones on my 81 650, here's where I got stuck:
Top caps or plugs. They wouldn't budge. Then I used heat applied w a propane torch - they came right out.
Bottom allen bolt & inner cylinder. A rake handle carved into the shape of a cone then jammed into the head of the inner cylinder works for holding it steady while unscrewing the bottom allen bolt. Some folks have had success by simply hitting the allen bolt w an air impact wrench.
Pulling the old fork seals. I'd never pulled a seal before, so it took some leanin to figure it out. I used an off the shelf seal puller from the auto parts store & used a very small block of wood (~1x1x6) to lever against, doing it at the end of a work bench.
I made a seal driver out of 1-1/2 pvc pipe & fittings. JMK.
Interesting observations and good tips. Thanks buddy, I'm tucking this one away for future reference.
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Thanks!
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