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03-08-13, 06:57 PM
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fork seal help please
anyone know how i can split the tubes????
bottom bolts just turning. my first attempt at diy and really trully hacked off. forks off no probs and quite pleaaed, then hitting the wall.
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03-08-13, 07:06 PM
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No, I don't lend tools.
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fork seal help please
You need to restrain the damper rod, which is what the bolt screws into.
Get a wooden broom handle and cut a coarse taper on one end, remove the fork top bolt, spacers, seats and spring, lightly tap pole into top of damper rod and hold with grips or cross drill pole and insert suitable rod perhaps, unscrew bolt.
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03-08-13, 07:30 PM
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Re: fork seal help please
cheers sid, my bro in law will come to the rescue.
just really p1553d off as failed as hate being beat. that said i am a novice and up until this was quite proud to have the front end off he wasnt surprised and had made a tool for such problems just the arrrrgggghhhh factor. oh by the way its a yamaha virago 750 (back problems) lol
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03-08-13, 08:21 PM
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No, I don't lend tools.
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fork seal help please
A bike is a bike - as long as you're riding. I have come to appreciate this in recent times.
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If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst" |
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04-08-13, 06:36 PM
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Re: fork seal help please
Top tip, thanks Sid. Forks split, now to paint them.
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