16-03-18, 04:35 PM
(16-03-18, 03:56 PM)Triggergee link Wrote: Trying to get the Allen bolt out the bottom is a bitch! No problem on one fork leg but the other ones not budging. Tried compressing the fork and getting the missus to undo the bolt but the damper rod is still turning inside the tube. Going to try the broom handle next but because the forks bent I'm going to have to cut the stanchion at the bend otherwise I'd need a flexi broom which I've never heard of... thankfully managed to get the top nut/preload off the top with an impact gun so draining oil now and will go at it with an angle grinder later.
Hi,
It may seen a silly time to say this but I omitted to mention it in my posts, one of the fist things to do before loosening the top fork Stanchion cap nut is after you drop the wheel out and remove everything that is bolted onto the fork sliders try to undo the the plugs/allen screws which are accessed up through the bottom of the fork leg and through where the axle passes, if you still struggle you can some times get them out with a length of broom handle jammed down stanchion get this Mrs or a mate to bear down on it as you undo the bolts, another way is to get a powerful impact drill driver with the correct allen key in it and that may rattle it out.
I don't mean a hammer drill, but a proper impact battery driver, most builders will have one.
I struggled getting mine out and it is the most difficult part of the job, don't be discouraged and give up, they will come out, I spent the best part of a day removing mine, the fork spring pressure is your friend I put my forks back together for the spring pressure but still struggled. If you resort to the broom handle method sometimes cutting the end of the broom handle at a sharp angle help it bite into the Damper.