Thanks a bunch. Once I fugured out you were talking about a 5/8 sparkplug socket rather than the 13/16 it worked great.
Got the fork spring removed but the allen bolt at the bottom of the fork just spins. Do I need a special tool to get this bolt to back out for...
Any XJers in Southwest Michigan. Just bought an 81 XJ550 to get back and forth to work on but this website is quite the inspiration for me to do...