Subject: Success!!! (was RE: ouch...fork lowers disassembly)
Author: Jeff Meegan
Date: Oct 14, 2001, 10:29 AM
Post ID: 1708586385
well, the combination of a HUGE strap wrench that I picked up at boeing
surplus
and a hacked together tool to fit the inside collar did the trick. A
couple of
scratches on the outside of the collars, but I was half thinking of getting
'em
re-chromed anyways.
thanks to all for the great advice.
--j
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Jeff, The fork tube collars do indeed have a right-hand (standard) thread. A couple of suggestions: 1) Clamp the axle end of the fork slider in a vise and support the other end (fork tube) on something that is not going to move when you go to crank on the thing. Make sure that you can get a good downward force on the assembly when you go to unscrew the collar. 2) See if you can find a RIGID brand strap wrench. Big 'un. 3) Gary Cheek and I made up a tool for this out of a piece of chrome moly steel and an old wrench. If you want to borrow it I could probably ship it to you, provided that you publicly gave your most excellent promise to return it promptly, and sent Dave Otis ten bucks to help support the list. Of course, you could also rent one of these tools from Moto International. |