ChopperJeff
Active Member
So I finally went in and decided to replace the fork seals as they've been leaking for a while. Everything was going great until we yanked on the one fork tube in order to get its seal to pop out. One MAJOR mistake we made was that we forgot to remove the bolt at the bottom that holds the damper tube in. After several VERY hard yanks on the tube we got the seals to pop out, but then when putting it all back together I realized something wasn't right.
In taking it all apart again we saw that the inner damper tube was now separated from the 2" fork tube. It appears that we ripped the thing from its "housing". It all goes back togther just fine, and the spring action seems to work OK. However, if you take the fork tube to its maximum extension, then pull up on it with a bit of force, the fork tube extends to the point of being up against the seal. Normally it appears that the inner fork damper would hold the fork tube from going to that extreme, but as it's no longer "attached" to the fork tube, it's not holding from doing this.
Is there a way of just replacing this peice? Do I need to replace the entire assembly? Or, can I simply assemble it "as is" since the fork basically functions correctly, aside from the fact that it can extend to the point that it normally wouldn't be able to? The other fork is fine as we did that one correctly, thus as a whole it will not extend beyond its designed limitation.
I've attached an image of the part that I'm talking about (assuming I've done that right
).
I hope what I wrote makes sense... it's rather hard to describe in words, but hopefully you get the idea.
Thanks for any info!!!
In taking it all apart again we saw that the inner damper tube was now separated from the 2" fork tube. It appears that we ripped the thing from its "housing". It all goes back togther just fine, and the spring action seems to work OK. However, if you take the fork tube to its maximum extension, then pull up on it with a bit of force, the fork tube extends to the point of being up against the seal. Normally it appears that the inner fork damper would hold the fork tube from going to that extreme, but as it's no longer "attached" to the fork tube, it's not holding from doing this.
Is there a way of just replacing this peice? Do I need to replace the entire assembly? Or, can I simply assemble it "as is" since the fork basically functions correctly, aside from the fact that it can extend to the point that it normally wouldn't be able to? The other fork is fine as we did that one correctly, thus as a whole it will not extend beyond its designed limitation.
I've attached an image of the part that I'm talking about (assuming I've done that right
).I hope what I wrote makes sense... it's rather hard to describe in words, but hopefully you get the idea.
Thanks for any info!!!
