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Post by Jaz66 on Mar 13, 2009 14:06:25 GMT 1
Hi all Looking for a favour. As my bike is 6 miles away, can anyone tell me what tools i need to remove and fix fork seals Stuff like spanners/socket sizes or any special tools made up or honda bought..  Any help greatly appreciated. |
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Post by Buzzin (^_^) on Mar 13, 2009 14:25:02 GMT 1
Can help on the details right now, but this is what I remember: I believe it's a size 12 (or was it 17?) spanner for the topcap of the stanchions. A 8mm on the yolkclamps or so. Not sure about the front axel pinchbolts though. Ow and the axel bolt it'sself is also 12 I believe... Don't forget a piece of string to hand the brake caliper from! (And on a Revere....something to put the handlebars on) A hexwrench (or allankey I believe?) is used to unscrew the bottom pin, so make sure you have those. (the blasted manuals don't actually have this info!) The only 'special' tool I will use in the future is a seal driver.....available in any good bikeshop, should be cheap. Bashing it in the way I did is not recommended (although they seem to hold...) I hope it helps a bit, but I doubt it  (If really necessary I can measure some of them for you, if I can reach without dismanteling  ) I just always have a complete set of spanners/sockets, keys etc laying around....I love tools CORRECTION: the top of the stanchions is a hex/allen as well, I remember now, I just used a big bolt that happens to have that size for a head, tightend two nuts on it, and used that as a key to put my ratchet (that the word?) on. (I am finding my limitations in english here  ) |
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Post by norfolknchance on Mar 13, 2009 21:43:29 GMT 1
17mm allen key for the caps
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Post by McF on Mar 14, 2009 8:19:27 GMT 1
17mm allen key for the caps Or a bolt with a head 17mm across the flats, plus two nuts. Put the two nuts on the bolt, tighten them against each other, then put the head of the bolt in the fork cap. Put your spanner on the nut closest to the fork to loosen (it will pinch against the the other and only tighten itself). Use the other nut to tighten the fork cap. I haven't had chance to measure the right size myself. You will also need a small (6mm?) allen key to remove the mudguard. |
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