16-04-13, 07:29 AM
Hi Ayjay,
No problem getting at the bolt and it turns easy enough, it's just that the certridge inside is turning with the bolt! Fair play, the manufacturers dont miss a trick do they, surely it wouldn't have been that difficult to have the cartridge "fixed" internally in some way to stop the cartridge turning?? Still, keeps you on your toes I suppose.
Will try to lash something up before heading to the dealers or the local spanner shop, ex military (and still in the TA) so a stubborn bast**d who won't give up too easily! Reading the FZ1OA thread, it seems you can lash something together fairly easily, after all it's only to stop the cartridge from turning. Besides, I like swearing! :lol
Appears I misread the Philpotts pricing guide, built as opposed to stripped prices are for the stantion re-chroming and not for the fork servicing so makes no odds really. The uppers aren't really bad enough to justify having a rechrome at this point so will probably go down a different track. Plus I had an e-mail back from them yesterday and it'll take about 5 weeks to turn around (with powder coating the lowers), don't really want to wait that long.
Having read other posts on the FZ1OA site, I am sorely tempted to bite the bullet and have a complete revalve done while the bikes "out of action", seems K-Tech would be the way to go for this? Agian, doing a bit of reading/investigation, Brooks Suspension are an official K-Tech technical centre, cost is £500 all in, anyone used these before? http://www.brooksuspension.co.uk/fork-in...01-05.html
Anyway folks, time to "get on with it", keep you all posted.
Cheers again.
Kev
No problem getting at the bolt and it turns easy enough, it's just that the certridge inside is turning with the bolt! Fair play, the manufacturers dont miss a trick do they, surely it wouldn't have been that difficult to have the cartridge "fixed" internally in some way to stop the cartridge turning?? Still, keeps you on your toes I suppose.
Will try to lash something up before heading to the dealers or the local spanner shop, ex military (and still in the TA) so a stubborn bast**d who won't give up too easily! Reading the FZ1OA thread, it seems you can lash something together fairly easily, after all it's only to stop the cartridge from turning. Besides, I like swearing! :lol
Appears I misread the Philpotts pricing guide, built as opposed to stripped prices are for the stantion re-chroming and not for the fork servicing so makes no odds really. The uppers aren't really bad enough to justify having a rechrome at this point so will probably go down a different track. Plus I had an e-mail back from them yesterday and it'll take about 5 weeks to turn around (with powder coating the lowers), don't really want to wait that long.
Having read other posts on the FZ1OA site, I am sorely tempted to bite the bullet and have a complete revalve done while the bikes "out of action", seems K-Tech would be the way to go for this? Agian, doing a bit of reading/investigation, Brooks Suspension are an official K-Tech technical centre, cost is £500 all in, anyone used these before? http://www.brooksuspension.co.uk/fork-in...01-05.html
Anyway folks, time to "get on with it", keep you all posted.
Cheers again.
Kev