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Traumahawk
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Yep.....the metal would get wedged in the seals.....etc. Better to be safe than sorry.
fmcandrew
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yeah...instead of a screwdriver you could visit the Depot and get a flat steel bracket, drill a couple holes and use that in conjunction with the bolts to make an improvised wrench...
Redbone
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If a squishy bug can mess up a seal just think what some metal shaving could do. Yep, if you drill you must disassemble.
I've got a handful of long metal things I'll give a try.
Figured. If I'm not mistaken, pulling the bottom bolt to drain the oil won't be enough right? Must take it apart completely?
[email protected]
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You could probably clean most of it out buy why take a chance? Once the fork cap is off and the bottom bolt is out you just need to remove a snap ring that hides under the dust seal and pull the tube out of the leg with a quick "slide hammer" motion and they come apart. Pushing the seal back in requires a seal tool or, some PVC pipe. Not a big deal.
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Machine shop bored out the old cap. Got everything put back together again. One tip, I had trouble finding a PVC pipe that would fit between the inner and outer tube. On my 1998 (43mm fork), I needed something with an outer diameter of ~2" and PVC pipes are 2" inner diameter. So, trip to local autozone, bought a piece of exhaust pipe with OD of 2" and it fit perfectly. I put some duct tape around the end so that it would scratch the seals or fork.
DMAN999
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^ Glad to hear it and good tip on the 2" exhaust piece as a seal driver.
I actually took my forks over to a local Honda shop and they let me borrow a 43 mm fork seal driver to get mine in.
I actually took my forks over to a local Honda shop and they let me borrow a 43 mm fork seal driver to get mine in.
