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Rebuilding my forks tomorrow any helpful hints/advice?

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  1. RSpark

    RSpark Member

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    I am rebuilding my forks tomorrow and.o.was wondering if anyone had any helpful hints?
     
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    Did you read the how to?

    Do you have the tool to hold the bolt all the way inside?

    Those are the only special things I can recall from mine.
     
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    I have read the how to multiple times, but I do not own the tool how much are they to purchase and what is the name of the tool?
     
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    Turn a spark plug socket with a 19? mm hex outer rear end around. Stick a bunch of extensions on to it. That is one of the "custom" tools recommended for doing forks around here.
     
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    Bonds good to me
     
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    Yup there's that. I found my socket wasn't able to put the extension on the inside. I welded a 19mm bolt to a piece of metal tube. Worked just as well.
     
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    To make the tool I improvised and just fitted my upside down spark plug socket to one of the wood paint roller extensions and used a pipe wrench to hold it. Worked fine for me. You can see it in the below pic:

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