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Spending the day rebuilding the forks on my 74 Commando. I had a leaking fork seal and I can't remember the last time I had them apart. The gators were dry rotted so it will be a good day to get this job done. Putting in the fork oil now. A friend built a tool to make putting the oil in a lot easier. He took an old fork tube and cut it off about 10" below the top of the tube. Then he cut off the head of a Commando fork bolt. People call then fork nuts, but they are bolts. Threaded the fork bolt into the old fork tube with about 1" sticking out. Now I can thread the tool into the top of the rebuilt fork tube and not baby sit it as the fork oil slowly drains down past the spring. I have tried to upload the pictures but I'm having issues with the "updates" that are supposed to make things easier and seldom do.
Spending the day rebuilding the forks on my 74 Commando.
I had a leaking fork seal and I can't remember the last time I had them apart. The gators were dry rotted so it will be a good day to get this job done. Putting in the fork oil now. A friend built a tool to make putting the oil in a lot easier. He took an old fork tube and cut it off about 10" below the top of the tube. Then he cut off the head of a Commando fork bolt. People call then fork nuts, but they are bolts. Threaded the fork bolt into the old fork tube with about 1" sticking out. Now I can thread the tool into the top of the rebuilt fork tube and not baby sit it as the fork oil slowly drains down past the spring. I have tried to upload the pictures but I'm having issues with the "updates" that are supposed to make things easier and seldom do.