Hey friends,
I am at my wit's end with these abominable forks. Spent the whole day trying to replace the seals; things were going well until I forgot to replace the inner (?) bushing and "oil seal retaining ring" on the left hand side. (whatever they are - pic below) As such, I drove the new oil seal in with the old seal as a safety buffer and it went in... too far - and I couldn't get the old one out.
(Forgotten parts):
Disclaimer: For some reason I find it hard to grasp the inner working of forks - and this was probably stupid:
To try and get the old buffer oil seal out, I tried the "slide hammer" technique extremely vigorously. I forgot that I had already secured the damper screw in the bottom, which I believe rendered my efforts in vain. As such, I took a razor blade and a flat-head to the old seal, and was able to get it out. Well, I thought, at least the new one was well-seated! (but I did not yet realize I had forgotten to install two components.)
So I put the new dust seal on and filled with oil, and then realized I forgot the two pieces. Shit. So I remove the dust seal, dump the oil, undo the damper screw... wait. The damper screw isn't coming out. It's just turning and turning forever.
Here is a picture of what things look like now. The bottom part with the oil sieve-like holes (emulator?) came out, (which I believe the damper bolt screws into) but the damper screw is not coming out - it is just spinning forever, like it is still engaged with something.
Question 1:
What have I done? Did I f*ck up the silver "oil lock piece" that goes in the very bottom by slide hammering? I don't know what else the screw could be stuck on. I suppose it's possible that I kind of embedded threads into the oil lock piece by slide hammering?
Question 2:
What should I do now? I think I am clear to slide-hammer the new oil seal out to get the stanchion out, then maybe I can see if the "oil lock piece" is indeed just spinning when I turn the screw...?
(Question 3 - is my fork FUBAR'd?)
Geez I hate these things. Carbs were a pleasant experience compared to these - I don't have space to stay organized with these long components, which is why I forgot the extra pieces (along with my own stupidity).
Thank you very much.
I am at my wit's end with these abominable forks. Spent the whole day trying to replace the seals; things were going well until I forgot to replace the inner (?) bushing and "oil seal retaining ring" on the left hand side. (whatever they are - pic below) As such, I drove the new oil seal in with the old seal as a safety buffer and it went in... too far - and I couldn't get the old one out.
(Forgotten parts):
Disclaimer: For some reason I find it hard to grasp the inner working of forks - and this was probably stupid:
To try and get the old buffer oil seal out, I tried the "slide hammer" technique extremely vigorously. I forgot that I had already secured the damper screw in the bottom, which I believe rendered my efforts in vain. As such, I took a razor blade and a flat-head to the old seal, and was able to get it out. Well, I thought, at least the new one was well-seated! (but I did not yet realize I had forgotten to install two components.)
So I put the new dust seal on and filled with oil, and then realized I forgot the two pieces. Shit. So I remove the dust seal, dump the oil, undo the damper screw... wait. The damper screw isn't coming out. It's just turning and turning forever.
Here is a picture of what things look like now. The bottom part with the oil sieve-like holes (emulator?) came out, (which I believe the damper bolt screws into) but the damper screw is not coming out - it is just spinning forever, like it is still engaged with something.
Question 1:
What have I done? Did I f*ck up the silver "oil lock piece" that goes in the very bottom by slide hammering? I don't know what else the screw could be stuck on. I suppose it's possible that I kind of embedded threads into the oil lock piece by slide hammering?
Question 2:
What should I do now? I think I am clear to slide-hammer the new oil seal out to get the stanchion out, then maybe I can see if the "oil lock piece" is indeed just spinning when I turn the screw...?
(Question 3 - is my fork FUBAR'd?)
Geez I hate these things. Carbs were a pleasant experience compared to these - I don't have space to stay organized with these long components, which is why I forgot the extra pieces (along with my own stupidity).
Thank you very much.
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