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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.


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