Got back from a short mountain trip yesterday afternoon and picked up the parts to start that job today.
I had to go down to find a pair of fresh Vent Covers...
...after a hail storm took out my awning and both roof vents the evening before... arrrrrrrgggghhhhhh....
Yeah... all those "points of light"in the awning...
...are NOT supposed to be there.
The next morning when we opened the door my granddaughter says "look! Stars!" :)
So this morning I'll study the how-to's I've saved... and then with a deep breath I'll start pulling things apart to replace those fork seals.
I heard it described fairly accurately I think; "The fork systems on a motorcycle are some pretty complicated technology but they only use a few really simple parts"
Grab Your Handles and Ride
Brian
4 comments:
Good luck with the forks. I've never attempted that kind of maintenance but have friends who have.
And can I say I am glad we don't get that kind of hail. Yikes.
Hopefully your forks will be as simple as mine were. Did need a speciality tool...got it at Home Depot...1 1/2" PVC pipe to seat the seals. Project was a piece of cake!
Forks are one of the easier jobs to do, so don't sweat it. Like AZHD says you may need a specialty tool or two, for which you can usually substitute something from Home Depot for a fraction of the cost. Good luck.
Trobairitz; That's some normal sized hail for this country :)
AHD; I went high grade and bought the "company" tool :) equal to the $$$ of the parts it's installing. :)
Canajun; I chose to go with the fancy speshul tool... hoping to cut my "losses" :)
... and then... just as I was getting ready to start wrenching... I Decided to change the plan :) and went looking for more parts. I'll save that for the next post!
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