I took out my forks to fix the little oil weeping by replacing the seals. Instructions on the Haynes manual, this site as well as several videos on YouTube have been incredibly helpful in aiding me through the way. However I have an inherent problem with my suspension.
In every instructions I have read and any photo essay put together on front fork disassembly, there is always a special tool you need to take out the dampening rod. The haynes manual shows the tool, the triumph delaer sells the tool, many have made a tool by attaching a 30mm nut at the end of a 14inch or longer metal rod.. However my dampening rod has no socket for a rod to hold on to.
I was able to get it out by applying a bit of downward pressure on the dampening rod while loosening the screw at the bottom of the forks but when I need to put it in, there is a specific torque I need to bolt it to - I am worried about how I will be able to hold the dampening rod in place without a socket on the head of the rod.
Please see the below photos - what appears to be completely round in my case (1st photo with the pavement background), is supposed to have a 30mm socket (2nd photo with the table background).
Is this normal? How do I get a grip on the dampening rod if the head is completely round?
In every instructions I have read and any photo essay put together on front fork disassembly, there is always a special tool you need to take out the dampening rod. The haynes manual shows the tool, the triumph delaer sells the tool, many have made a tool by attaching a 30mm nut at the end of a 14inch or longer metal rod.. However my dampening rod has no socket for a rod to hold on to.
I was able to get it out by applying a bit of downward pressure on the dampening rod while loosening the screw at the bottom of the forks but when I need to put it in, there is a specific torque I need to bolt it to - I am worried about how I will be able to hold the dampening rod in place without a socket on the head of the rod.
Please see the below photos - what appears to be completely round in my case (1st photo with the pavement background), is supposed to have a 30mm socket (2nd photo with the table background).
Is this normal? How do I get a grip on the dampening rod if the head is completely round?
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