14-08-13, 11:13 AM
An absolute necessity, as you cannot remove the seals unless you remove the bolt. The damper rod holds the fork tube in place and you need to use the fork tube as a slide hammer to pull the seal out. Difficult to do if you cannot hold the lower fork leg, I presume you do not have a vice. Many use the wooden handle of a brush pushed in to hold the damper rod while undoing the bolt. However you will need to have the lower leg held firmly in something like a vice to undo the bolt which is torqued to 30Nm.