I think you will find that out when you try to put them back together.
Having a tough time visualizing this. Would yhou have a picture of the slide hammer arrangement? Was it used with the fork out of the bike?I wanted to add something to this article. I just installed new seals this weekend and I found that a 2in, 2FT section of black ABS pipe with a 1 1/2in black ABS coupler was a perfect slide hammer and seal driving tool combo. picked them up at my local Lowes for a couple bucks.
Good info, John.I have a STOC loaner fork seals R&R tool kit with the shop type seal drivers, but making your own out of PVC or ABS pipe is a time honored method. BTW, if the pipe ID is slightly too big you can put some longitudinal cuts in the tubing and then put on a worm-gear hose clamp to reduce the ID. BTDT until I got the big steel shop drivers (41mm and 43mm). Put a cap on the other end of the tubing and strike it with a dead-blow hammer. FWIW
John
Dan, you should have called me, I have the seal driver for the ST works on Valkyries too.Good info, John.
Just one more clarification (in case I wasn't clear in my first reply): The beauty about using the BLACK ABS in place of the WHITE PVC is that the 1.5in coupler needs ZERO modification. There is a ring at the center point of the coupler that is ever so slightly smaller ID than the rest of it that causes it to "center" and still "pivot" to help drive in the seal.
Pretty nice find and worth me looking weird walking through the LOWES with one of my forks in my hand to find something that would just work. =P
Alas....whoever buys my 2006ABS over the next few months won't have to do the job again for a while...so... =D
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I was in the same situation you are with my front suspension not reacting very much, very sluggish. I'm a similar weight at 170lbs.Most of the comments I have seen on the forum are about the fork been to soft beside other things.
In my case, it's the opposite, my fork is hard as a rock (ST1300 - 2005).
I have done the maintenance by the book twice, 5W, new guides, factory springs (I guess) and I weight 157 lb.
Will the Sonic springs be an upgrade in this scenario?
I am also thinking of reducing the amount of oil, will that make the fork softer or more reactive or is it simply said a "bad idea"?
kevin;I haven't learned how to "link" someone's name here yet so it alerts them, ......