Saturday, April 9, 2011

Front Fork Strip-Down

This is all pretty straightforward.There is a single Allen bold that holds the front suspension units into the fork. It's not accessible unless the axle is removed. There's a simple nut and bold to tighten up the axle in the fork.



There's a drain plug that allows fork oil to be removed without stripping the forks or any such tomfoolery


Here's the stripped forks laid out so you can see what's going on:


I don't know what the bare aluminum bit is called, but it provides preload to the fork strings:




Just remove this circlip to access the fork springs



If you push up from below, the circlip comes clear of the base of the fork leg and can be easily removed. Not enough hands to photograph it, sadly.

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