changing fork seal without removing damper rod bolt?

Hey guys,

Im in the process of changing my fork seal but cant for the life of me get the allen bolt out the bottom. Is there any way I can get the seal out without removing it? Or do you have any tips for removal of the bolt?

 

If you've got a ratchet set with Allen bits use one of them. Plenty of force needed. A bar on the end for extra leverage if needed.


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Smudgers hammer and chisel???

 

Impact driver if you can get your hands on one or as said a big bar

 

Only thing I have thwt fits is an L shape allen, and the long end is needed to get down to it. Been trying with a bar attached to it for extra leverage but still no luck. I think i just lack muscles haha.

 

Careful with those L shaped Allen's they are very easy to go at an angle and fuck the bolt up.


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Got it! Just needed a bigger bar lol. Cheers chaps!

Pretty pleased with my progress. Never done anything like this before haha. Wish me luck with the rest of it hahaha

 

I hate the smell of used fork oil!

 

Just discovered that lol. Considering the colour of it I dont think this has ever been changed before

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Haha it's like off garlic

 

Yea that "brown" is meant to be blue

 

Nope I use the long Allen key with a bit of hollow steel bar

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Oh that looks like engine oil lol

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Well that went better than expected actually considering its the most technical thing ive ever done. Took me fucking ages to reseat the bushing and seal though and typically I've rounded the pinch bolt while putting it all back together :bang:. Luckily its properly torqued up but now ill need to buy another damn bolt before I can do the other fork... I now have one filled with old as fuck 10w sludge, and a second filled with nice clean 15w lol. Heres hoping I can find a bolt pronto and get the other done so I'm not riding round with miss matched fork oil. No idea how that would feel :laugh:

 

Lol bsstard to get in

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it's just like having 12.5 oil in

know a few people who've used different weights of oil in one fork.

 

That's all about getting a certain viscosity you can't buy. 10w + 15w = 12.5w as an example

 

Jezus im running 7.5 bezt fun ever

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Bollocks mixing oils.would do that but diff weights eitherside would react diff

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