Reliability issues and high mileage

[Motopsycho87]

Rebuilt my forks the other day with no special tools, my guess was they'd been apart once, if only to fit more preload spacers, the oil was thick black snot with bits in. Did it all with no special tools, bushes were still good. To undo the dampening rod I put a 27mm socket down the tube and held it still with an extra long flathead screwdriver.