Subject: RE: eldo wiring/front forks
Author: Hunter Jones
Date: Dec 24, 2001, 8:34 PM
Post ID: 1709229746
Hey Dave,
There is a hole in the fork slider at the snap ring groove. After removing
the collar stick a scratch awl or something similar in the hole to push the
snap ring out of it's seat. Then use a thin plier to pull it out.
As for the collar, it is one of the most difficult things on the bike to
deal with. I've done dozens. And broken a few wrenches, too. The strap
wrench sounds like a good plan. I believe there was a discussion not long
ago about which one worked best for the job. I don't recall who had
discovered it. Maybe David Otis?
Like Tom said be sure to have a big enough vise on a BIG anchor. Newton
must have been trying to put fork seals in his loopframe when he discovered
that every force has a reaction! Maybe a plumbing truck with the vise on
the bumper :-)
Hunter
At 08:52 PM 12/24/2001 +0000, you wrote:
| Dave, There's really no mystery to the forks, they're just a pain to take apart and get back together, but it can be done. There are two big headaches; 1, getting the chromed spring cups off of the top of the sliders, and 2, getting the snap rings that are under the collars out and then back in. |
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