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fork seals- front fork cylinder holder
- donthaveakawman
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06 Apr 2012 22:43 #514475
by donthaveakawman
fork seals- front fork cylinder holder was created by donthaveakawman
i have the weekend to myself, so i decided that the fork seals ordered on Thursday from z1 enterprises should be here Saturday -/+ 2-3 days-today being Friday. what i did was i pulled the forks apart, being as its a ltd its got the air filled forks etc... i guess there is a special tool to pull the inner tube from the base on the bottom of the fork from the Allen screw that holds them together.
i replaced the tool with these ingredients= my pile of sockets containing about 7-8 spark plug sockets, i found a spark plug socket /with the end that has the outside that can be used with a wrench instead of a ratchet/22mm. if i could find my socket extensions it would have been great but i used a loosely fitting piece of square metal pipe and jammed it in the end that the spark plug would have gone into with duct tape to keep it from getting stuck in there the tube. i used a adjustable speed wrench to hold it under my foot. then with the air ratchet and Allen socket that are in the garage, i had no problem with this task.
so what must be done is the 22mm outside part of the socket must be jammed in the hole with the socket extension in the wrong side then put it in the fork tube way down. then turn it.
i replaced the tool with these ingredients= my pile of sockets containing about 7-8 spark plug sockets, i found a spark plug socket /with the end that has the outside that can be used with a wrench instead of a ratchet/22mm. if i could find my socket extensions it would have been great but i used a loosely fitting piece of square metal pipe and jammed it in the end that the spark plug would have gone into with duct tape to keep it from getting stuck in there the tube. i used a adjustable speed wrench to hold it under my foot. then with the air ratchet and Allen socket that are in the garage, i had no problem with this task.
so what must be done is the 22mm outside part of the socket must be jammed in the hole with the socket extension in the wrong side then put it in the fork tube way down. then turn it.
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07 Apr 2012 03:09 - 08 Apr 2012 17:58 #514508
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i thought my rear shocks were froze i sprayed some liquid wrench on them and adjusted the springs, they are all better.
Last edit: 08 Apr 2012 17:58 by donthaveakawman. Reason: untrue information
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21 Oct 2012 15:48 #554988
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one fork has Harley fork oil and the other has another kind, i think they are about to start leaking again kinda embarrassing when the air pressure regulator on an air compressor is uncertain. maybe next time i could use some gators.
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21 Oct 2012 16:29 #554996
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Replied by wireman on topic fork seals- front fork cylinder holder
An air ratchet will spin the allen head bolts out of the bottom of the fork legs just leave the springs in with the caps to keep pressure on the legs while doing it.
saves having to adapt a bunch of stuff together
saves having to adapt a bunch of stuff together
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21 Oct 2012 18:15 - 22 Feb 2013 10:15 #555010
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