Bit of a update
Finally got to the forks after having to get 2x helicoils to put a new rear disc on it.
Ive split and cleaned them. Not as bad as I thought they might be, there is some burring on the stop and some small here and there but no big grinding marks.
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The old bushings were absolutely shot. (new on the left)
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Now I want to reassemble but I am stuck. Haynes says simply put the inner with the damper rod/oil stop and put the bottom bolt in.... I cannot for the life of me get the bolt to bite the thread. Not the problem of the damper rod spinning, I cant even get the bolt in. Ive tried many times carefully placing them together with not much luck.
The other problem I found was 1 of the replacement bushings seems bad. The replacement lower bushing on one stanchion, will now not go into the leg without a huge amount of resistance, way too much, would require hammering in rather than pushing in by hand. These were pyramid parts, and while I got OEM fork seals, feel like I should have got OEM bushings too....
Debating to get a new bushing, or take it all to k-tech dissembled and get them to put springs in and rebuild them.
Finally got to the forks after having to get 2x helicoils to put a new rear disc on it.
Ive split and cleaned them. Not as bad as I thought they might be, there is some burring on the stop and some small here and there but no big grinding marks.
https://puu.sh/E3Hqu.jpg
The old bushings were absolutely shot. (new on the left)
https://puu.sh/E3Hqs.jpg
https://puu.sh/E3Hqt.jpg
Now I want to reassemble but I am stuck. Haynes says simply put the inner with the damper rod/oil stop and put the bottom bolt in.... I cannot for the life of me get the bolt to bite the thread. Not the problem of the damper rod spinning, I cant even get the bolt in. Ive tried many times carefully placing them together with not much luck.
The other problem I found was 1 of the replacement bushings seems bad. The replacement lower bushing on one stanchion, will now not go into the leg without a huge amount of resistance, way too much, would require hammering in rather than pushing in by hand. These were pyramid parts, and while I got OEM fork seals, feel like I should have got OEM bushings too....
Debating to get a new bushing, or take it all to k-tech dissembled and get them to put springs in and rebuild them.