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Sid Squid · 06-10-12, 07:57 PM

The plastic thing is the lock piece, it's stuck in the end of the fork stanchion. It's upper end is tapered, you have compressed the fork rather hard when working on it and this has wedged the lock piece in place. Degrease the fork stanchion, put the wheel spindle back into the fork lower, stand on it and pull hard, usually this will free it.

06-10-12, 07:57 PM	#6
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Fork rebuild problem. The plastic thing is the lock piece, it's stuck in the end of the fork stanchion. It's upper end is tapered, you have compressed the fork rather hard when working on it and this has wedged the lock piece in place. Degrease the fork stanchion, put the wheel spindle back into the fork lower, stand on it and pull hard, usually this will free it. __________________ 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"