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Damper Rod Bolt Advice - humbucker88 - 26-08-14
Trying to replace my fork seals, took the dust seal off and it's all rusted to fuck, so i'll need to get a new retaining clip too. Only issue I'm having is removing that sodding bolt at the bottom of the fork, some people say use a quick sharp force, others say push down on the fork to apply the most tension then try it but I've had no luck. I don't have an impact gun, any advice? Anyone tried a damper rod holder or sharp broom technique?
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - red98 - 26-08-14
Sharp tap using a deep hex socket on a T bar works for me....compressing the fork as much as possible will help..ive used a ratchet strap in the past....but do take care when compressing :eek
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - mark - 26-08-14
I had the same trouble the weekend on some forks off a cbr :'(
In the end a impact driver and a almighty smack with.a hammer shifted the little twat :evil
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - Dead Eye - 26-08-14
I had an absolute nightmare of a time getting mine off. In the end I bought a broom handle and soaked one end in water (increases the friction) - stuffed this in to hold the damper in place, forced as much of my weight as possible on to the fork whilst using a socket wrench to undo the bolt. It worked eventually, but took me a good 2 or 3 days as I kept getting annoyed and frustrated so kept walking off and trying to come up with another idea... I even tried using an impact driver borrowed from a fellow foccer with no result
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - MC680x0 - 27-08-14
(26-08-14, 10:08 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote:I had an absolute nightmare of a time getting mine off. In the end I bought a broom handle and soaked one end in water (increases the friction) - stuffed this in to hold the damper in place, forced as much of my weight as possible on to the fork whilst using a socket wrench to undo the bolt. It worked eventually, but took me a good 2 or 3 days as I kept getting annoyed and frustrated so kept walking off and trying to come up with another idea... I even tried using an impact driver borrowed from a fellow foccer with no result
+1 for this. I use a broom handle and shave the end into a wedge - like cheese - and stuff that in to stop the rod turning. Also use a 12v impact driver and nut came off in seconds. Only problem is explaining a fkdup broom handle to the angry wife
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - kebab19 - 27-08-14
Agreed
Wooden broom handle tapered to fit better
Impact driver with the long straight section of an 8mm allen key
Lump hammer
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - humbucker88 - 27-08-14
Ok, I'll give some of your suggestions a try. Any opinions on this?
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - MC680x0 - 27-08-14
(27-08-14, 09:05 PM)humbucker88 link Wrote:Ok, I'll give some of your suggestions a try. Any opinions on this?opinions on what? Have we not already projected them to you? Good luck and let us know what worked for you.
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - humbucker88 - 27-08-14
Opinions on the tool that I linked in my last post... (maybe the link doesn't work?)
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - MC680x0 - 27-08-14
The link worked. It's my shit phone not highlighting the link
You dont need the tool. Just shave the end of a broom stick the same shape
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - His Dudeness - 28-08-14
The broom handle will work don't bother with that tool. Have a look here http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,42.0.html
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - MC680x0 - 28-08-14
And here http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/23188/HOWTO-Forks-Seals-Bushes-and-Oil ... For added pics
Re: Damper Rod Bolt Advice - BluprintZ - 15-09-14
Yep, same here, used a piece of thick dowling i had lying around, shaved it enough to fit in the rod, gave it a sharp tap and unscrewed the bottom bolt, no problem.
Used it again to re-fit the rod.
G ; )