Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My bolt was just turning and turning when trying to remove manually. I didn’t want to use a drill or impact driver for fear of rounding the bolt head. Watched this and saw your approach and explanation. Used the impact and they spin straight out. Thought I was going nuts ! Appreciate the time you put in to making this video 👍🏻
Thank you for the information and tips however I was perturbed by seeing you working on the floor in a cluttered workspace and using oily tools could lead to injuries. It looks like an uncomfortable working position.
I have always found it easier to remove the botton slide holder while the fork is still held in the fork clamps and let the oild out then remove the fork to replace the seals ?? I have done it many times like that because i dont want to put the fork in a vice even with vis soft clamps.
Just discovered your video, really helpful for me, love the home made special tools you made for the fork seal replacement. Thank you for taking the time to make the video, really helped me.
better to drain the oil first, either by taking the top cap off and inverting the fork, then replaceing the cap or, by using the drain plugs fitted to the bottom of some fork legs, (like mine!) then theres no oil to lubricate the damper rod and the bolt will undo more easily....
@@bikerdood1100 Once you've loosened the bolt, why not just take the top cap off and remove the springs and spacers and tip out the oil? Pumping the fork will help expell most of it, then you can finish removing the bolt from the bottom without flooding the floor. You will still have some oil in there but it wont be anything like the amount of a full leg.. You should also clean any threadlocking compound off the bolt and out of the treads in the damper rod to help insertion and apply fresh loctite (other compounds are available) upon re-assambly.
@@bikerdood1100 so i used a metal broom handle and it got the first one apart and back together. the bottom bolt wouldn't come loose on the second one. now the broom handle isn't holding it well enough to keep the damper rod from turning. I'll just buy the tool
@@JoseppeM well if you’re referring to the one on the bottom It will just spin unless you can 1 compress the spring effectively 2 turn V fast Both As it’s usually an Allen bolt I cut the correct size Allen wrench so it’s just straight, mounted it in a drill, compressed the spring with body weight and wam off they come after about a second, once loose I undo it by hand and bob is a family member as they say
can you or have you ever done this leaving the fork on the bike ?? I have an old silver wing and to get to the middle clamp means taking all the fairing off "massive job" well i am lazzy !!
@@bikerdood1100 Will do but just found a chap that always does them in situe the clamps act as a natural vice for all the bolts infact I would go as far as saying it makes the job easier so will now do it this way Cheers !!
