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I've done it. The Haynes manual rating for this operation is "difficult", compared to "very difficult". The fork legs must be completely disassembled as Race Tech wants you to enlarge orifices in the damping tubes, so they need to come out. If you don't have a manual get one before you start. You will need some speciality tools like a damping tube holder, I used a 36" long steel tube with a 30mm nut welded to the end of it and clamped it into a bench vise. The Haynes manual shows you how to make one. You will need a seal driver to put the lower leg seals back in.
If your bike has many miles on it just order everything, seals, bushings, etc. and make your fork new again while you have it apart. The parts aren't too expensive, I think well under $100 when I did it 3 years ago. My bushings were showing some wear at 35,000 miles.
When you button it up you will need to cut new spring spacers (included) to set the sag for your new spring setup. I got lucky, my educated guess first cut was correct. My sag came out to 31%, I think that I was shooting for 33%. Just don't cut them too short. You can add small amounts of preload by adding large diameter washers to the stack. A trick that I learned years ago if you're using a hack saw, tighten a hose clamp on the tube and use it as a cutting guide, otherwise you'll never get a straight cut. A tubing cutter is preferred.
Give it the full weekend.
[ This message was edited by: sailfish on 2006-09-12 07:10 ]
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