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Fork Cylinder Holder
Posted: 07:42 pm Oct 18 2007
by Ondatrail
I am rebuilding my forks and the right fork leaking oil. I already asked here and I need the Fork Cylinder Holder to tighten it:
Has anyone made this and can tell me how? Thanks
Posted: 07:46 pm Oct 18 2007
by Mr. Wibbens
Tried couple times
ended up ordering tool from Fredette
Posted: 09:28 pm Oct 18 2007
by skipro3
I disassemble mine right on the bike. Carvr helped me. Here's what we did:
Compress the forks using a ratchet type tie-down strap.
Turn bike onto it's side so the oil won't run out when the base valve is removed.
Use an impact driver and 14mm allen to remove the valve.
If you want to further take your forks apart, you can now just loosen the strap, remove the tire and pinch bolts, then slide the fork out of the T clamps.
If you only need to set the shim stack on the base valve, then the method I described will work and it's a fast method.
Hope this helps.
Posted: 09:48 pm Oct 18 2007
by 2001kdx
Pretty sure Ondatrail won't be able to get the bike on his side - he's a bit skinny for any heavy liftin!
Posted: 01:07 pm Oct 19 2007
by Ondatrail
I found how to make it on justkdx.com in speciality tools
Posted: 05:33 pm Oct 19 2007
by Ondatrail
2001kdx wrote:Pretty sure Ondatrail won't be able to get the bike on his side - he's a bit skinny for any heavy liftin!
Yea like you could do it any time soon
Made the tool costing 0$! Put Quaker State ATF and 5mm spacers it along with my .40 springs.
Posted: 06:18 pm Oct 19 2007
by Indawoods
Ondatrail wrote:I found how to make it on justkdx.com in speciality tools
You mean this?
http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40
Posted: 06:32 pm Oct 19 2007
by 2001kdx
You had about 100mm preload before!
Posted: 07:36 pm Oct 19 2007
by Ondatrail
Yea, only I only put on one nut on one side and Vise Gripped the other.
Posted: 04:34 pm Apr 19 2013
by supra200
skipro3 wrote:I disassemble mine right on the bike. Carvr helped me. Here's what we did:
Compress the forks using a ratchet type tie-down strap.
Turn bike onto it's side so the oil won't run out when the base valve is removed.
Use an impact driver and 14mm allen to remove the valve.
If you want to further take your forks apart, you can now just loosen the strap, remove the tire and pinch bolts, then slide the fork out of the T clamps.
If you only need to set the shim stack on the base valve, then the method I described will work and it's a fast method.
Hope this helps.
This method works like a charm. Thanks for sharing it.