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fork tube removal//help needed
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Then tear it down.
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SPARKY47 wrote: Crack it loose assembled.Spring pressure holds it all together.
Then tear it down.
That's what I'm saying, leave the spring in and compress the fork it will hold it.
'78 KZ1075 LTD
stage 1 head by Larry Cavanaugh
race built crank by John Pearson
Mikuni rs34's
k410 cams
back cut tranny
8" over D&G swinger
proving once again that age and treachery is better than youth and enthusiasm
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I hoped the technique of compressing the fork while assembled would do it, installed the forks and axle and via straps compressed the forks completely. It did give some resistance but still allowed the piston to rotate. no luck.
1977A1 current project: 1075, Web cams, VM29's Cavanaugh massaged head, Z1 crank
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1978 KZ1000, 1976 KZ900, 1975 H2, 1973 H1, 1973 H2, 1978 RD400, 1977 RD400, 1974 RD350
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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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1977A1 current project: 1075, Web cams, VM29's Cavanaugh massaged head, Z1 crank
1979A3A Parked in 1986 left in shed
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riverroad wrote: My 1980 fork had the 17mm hex socket in the piston and I made a tool for it, which woked great. But then I had to take apart a '78 fork tube and discovered the round hole piston top. So I had to resort to the tapered square broom handle. It worked great! I was surprised. I thought surely the oil in there would just make it slip, but no, I hammered it in and it wedged in there and held like a champ. Almost too well in fact. Had a helluva time getting it out of the piston. Just taper the broom handle so that the very end of the square is about 3/8" across, and the taper is about two inches long.
I had considered the broomstick method, but I was too afraid of what I would face if the wood broke off in the hole (I know, I'm chicken!) That's when I decided to make a tool that couldn't break. Took about 20 minutes not counting the ride to Home Depot. Ed
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