Posted by Erdoboy on April 23, 2006, 6:23 am
> Hi again, folks. Seems like, lately, the only time I have something
> to say is to ask a question! Order a drink on me if you'd like to
> consider a problem I'm lately faced with.
> Now to my question. I am in the process of removing the front forks
> on my '98 FLTRI, so that I can replace the seals (leaking). I am now
> at the stage of having removed the fork cap bolts and have also
> loosened the fork bracket pinch bolts.
Mine more or less dropped out with very little effort. But then again mine
is a 2001 FLSTF so not entirely the same. However they do appear to be of
similar design. I do know that until I REMOVED the pinch bolt entirely on
the lower bracket the thing was going basically no where.
So Instead of loosening it, I suggest trying to take them OUT!!!
On a more serious note, Dude you DO need some new boots...
Have drink on me till you get them and the forks sorted.
--
Erdoboy
Mythril - 2001 FLSTF
Osaka, Japan (2 more months)
Where a Katana is a kickin' sword and not a bike.
Posted by James Rook on April 23, 2006, 7:52 am
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:38:36 GMT, langkd_NO_SPAM@shaw.ca (Road Glidin'
Don) wrote:
>Hi again, folks. Seems like, lately, the only time I have something
>to say is to ask a question! Order a drink on me if you'd like to
>consider a problem I'm lately faced with.
>Now to my question. I am in the process of removing the front forks
>on my '98 FLTRI, so that I can replace the seals (leaking). I am now
>at the stage of having removed the fork cap bolts and have also
>loosened the fork bracket pinch bolts.
>Now all I need to do is tap the forks downward, to get them free of
>the fork brackets and am a bit unsure about what part of the fork can
>take the hammering with a punch. Rather than damage something
>expensive (I'm on a tight budget), I thought it might be best to ask
>for a little advice on this, as it seems like it's going to require
>some fairly stiff pounding to get it out of there.
>To make it easy to see what I'm asking, I've put a picture showing the
>forks in the bike with 3 red dots on the picture - to ask which of
>these 3 locations (numbered on the photo) is the proper area to use a
>hammer & punch on.
>That picture with the 3 locations in question is at:
>http://xidos.ca/scripts/personal/Bikes/ForkRepair/ForksRemovalQuestion.jpg
>I've tried tapping (not too hard yet) on location 3 so far, but
>nothing's moving yet.
>I'm making a photo/audio log of this project that can be found at
>http://xidos.ca/scripts/personal/Bikes/ForkRepair/forks.htm and it
>will be updated as I go along. I like to keep these Web pages on my
>site for others to refer to, should they want help on doing the same
>jobs.
>Btw, I've recieved excellent advice here before - most recently in
>putting the inner primary on and the photo/audio log of that project
>can be found at
>http://xidos.ca/scripts/personal/Bikes/BeltReplacement/primary.htm .
>Many thanks for that.
I don't normally replace fork seals this way - I jack the bike up and
just remove the lower legs - but since you're this far along you may
as well continue.
First, apply some penetrating oil to the trees where the tubes come
through. After removing the pinch bolts, take a small thin chisel and
tap it into the slot next to the pinch bolts. Now put the tube caps
back on and run them down leaving them about a 1/4 or less from the
top of the tree. Use a soft hammer and hit the cap. The tube should
drop.
Reply to hazy@chosensons.com
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Memnoch - 1979 HD FXS Custom Trike
Posted by RS on April 23, 2006, 10:26 am
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:38:36 GMT, langkd_NO_SPAM@shaw.ca (Road Glidin'
> Don) wrote:
>>Hi again, folks. Seems like, lately, the only time I have something
>>to say is to ask a question! Order a drink on me if you'd like to
>>consider a problem I'm lately faced with.
>>
>>Now to my question. I am in the process of removing the front forks
>>on my '98 FLTRI, so that I can replace the seals (leaking). I am now
>>at the stage of having removed the fork cap bolts and have also
>>loosened the fork bracket pinch bolts.
>>
>>Now all I need to do is tap the forks downward, to get them free of
>>the fork brackets and am a bit unsure about what part of the fork can
>>take the hammering with a punch. Rather than damage something
>>expensive (I'm on a tight budget), I thought it might be best to ask
>>for a little advice on this, as it seems like it's going to require
Fender mounting points, near #13 on exploded diagram. also on top nut that
was loosened but not removed. That nut is also used to draw them back up.
also I hope you are doing 1 at a time, to keep trees alligned.forget punch
and use plastic mallot
is how they did it on:
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ab_auto_restoration/article/0,2021,DIY_13680_3290325,00.html
Posted by Road Glidin' Don on April 23, 2006, 2:01 pm
>also I hope you are doing 1 at a time, to keep trees alligned
Very good point I hadn't considered!
Thanks to all who have replied. There's lots of good advice in there.
Armed with this information, I shall sally forth to my little shop of
horrors and attempt the extract the fangs from the beast! ;)
And I'll post back how it worked for me (as well as updating the Web
page). Cheers.
--
Home page: http://xidos.ca/scripts/personal/
Posted by Spunky the Tuna on April 23, 2006, 11:29 am
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:38:36 -0400, Road Glidin' Don wrote:
> Now to my question. I am in the process of removing the front forks
> on my '98 FLTRI, so that I can replace the seals (leaking). I am now
> at the stage of having removed the fork cap bolts and have also
> loosened the fork bracket pinch bolts.
>
> Now all I need to do is tap the forks downward, to get them free of
> the fork brackets and am a bit unsure about what part of the fork can
> take the hammering with a punch. Rather than damage something
> expensive (I'm on a tight budget), I thought it might be best to ask
> for a little advice on this, as it seems like it's going to require
> some fairly stiff pounding to get it out of there.
I don't hammer on the fork tubes at all if I can avoid it. Normally I'll
pull the pinch bolts all the way out and use a hardwood wedge to spread the
pinch bolt slot enough for the fork tubes to slide out. I'll oil up the
tubes above the lower tree to make them slide easier.
FWIW, if I'm going to be replacing seals, I don't normally remove the fork
tubes. I'll pop the top nuts and pull the springs, but leave the legs
clamped in the trees. I'll pull the allen head bolt out of the bottom of the
legs that holds the lower legs on and then use the lower legs like a slide
hammer to get them off.
Easier to get the legs apart that way than it is on a bench.
--
Spunky the Tuna
always steer toward the cornfield...
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> to say is to ask a question! Order a drink on me if you'd like to
> consider a problem I'm lately faced with.
> Now to my question. I am in the process of removing the front forks
> on my '98 FLTRI, so that I can replace the seals (leaking). I am now
> at the stage of having removed the fork cap bolts and have also
> loosened the fork bracket pinch bolts.