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I am rebuilding my forks and the right fork leaking oil. I already asked here and I need the Fork Cylinder Holder to tighten it:
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Has anyone made this and can tell me how? Thanks
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Tried couple times

ended up ordering tool from Fredette
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I disassemble mine right on the bike. Carvr helped me. Here's what we did:

Compress the forks using a ratchet type tie-down strap.
Turn bike onto it's side so the oil won't run out when the base valve is removed.
Use an impact driver and 14mm allen to remove the valve.

If you want to further take your forks apart, you can now just loosen the strap, remove the tire and pinch bolts, then slide the fork out of the T clamps.

If you only need to set the shim stack on the base valve, then the method I described will work and it's a fast method.

Hope this helps.
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Pretty sure Ondatrail won't be able to get the bike on his side - he's a bit skinny for any heavy liftin! :lol:
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I found how to make it on justkdx.com in speciality tools
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2001kdx wrote:Pretty sure Ondatrail won't be able to get the bike on his side - he's a bit skinny for any heavy liftin! :lol:
Yea like you could do it any time soon :kick:

Made the tool costing 0$! Put Quaker State ATF and 5mm spacers it along with my .40 springs.
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Ondatrail wrote:I found how to make it on justkdx.com in speciality tools
You mean this?

http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40
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You had about 100mm preload before!
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Ondatrail wrote:I found how to make it on justkdx.com in speciality tools
You mean this?

http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40
Yea, only I only put on one nut on one side and Vise Gripped the other.
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skipro3 wrote:I disassemble mine right on the bike. Carvr helped me. Here's what we did:

Compress the forks using a ratchet type tie-down strap.
Turn bike onto it's side so the oil won't run out when the base valve is removed.
Use an impact driver and 14mm allen to remove the valve.

If you want to further take your forks apart, you can now just loosen the strap, remove the tire and pinch bolts, then slide the fork out of the T clamps.

If you only need to set the shim stack on the base valve, then the method I described will work and it's a fast method.

Hope this helps.
This method works like a charm. Thanks for sharing it.
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