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What is the best way to disassemble the damper tube, damper rod, spring, and jam nut assembly? I have new damper tubes, and progressive springs but I need the rod and a few pieces.
Yellow_Cad said:What is the best way to disassemble the damper tube, damper rod, spring, and jam nut assembly? I have new damper tubes, and progressive springs but I need the rod and a few pieces.
norbsa48503 said:The bike will need to be lifted high enough to slide the dampener assemblies out from underneath the fork tubes. Before removing the wheel dump out the fork oil and get the seal retainers loosened off. With them removed from their threads and the fork caps removed from the rods take out the springs, you can now use the slider as a slide hammer to remove the seals. Each slider with its dampener assembly can be slid right off the tube now. In a counter bore above the axle is a socket head cap screw that’s holding the dampener tube in place in the slider removing the screw fees the whole unit. Undoing the cap on the body frees the rod and valve assembly. Be sure to use a new gasket when replacing the dampener assembly back into the slider.
hobot said:May have to devise way to grip both the tube and the cap hard enough to free them and not crush the tube.