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Author Message   Nukeblue Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 09:27 pm:        does anyone have a fork spring compressor thingy i can borrow? i'm attempting a fork rebuild on the severely beaten firebolt race bike. something like what traction dynamics sells is what i'm looking for. please please please ! i'll need it for about two weeks   Toona Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 09:58 pm:        I've got a homemade one that works. The independent VTwin repair shop that rents off me has used it a few times, so it must work well. Cover shipping back and forth and you can borrow it.   Nukeblue Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 11:11 pm:        sent pm. thanks!   Barker Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 11:17 pm:        I dunno if this helps, but I use a ratchet strap. I'm a cheapskate.   Nukeblue Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 09:20 am:        thanks barker. i found something like that in the k.v. and tried it. i just wasn't rear comfortable with it when it bent the hole & seemed like it was under some serious tension. so i aborted that mission about half way in   Sifo Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 09:51 am:        I did mine this way... http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/548470.html?1269108500 to avoid bending the hole. Took about 5 minutes to make the tool.   Nukeblue Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 09:28 am:        sifo, thanks for the pic! i made one from 5/16 (even more overkill) and it worked perfectly! now my only problem is i loosened the damper lock-nut instead of removing the cap....oops. so now i get to go through the reset procedure   Nukeblue Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 09:30 am:        oh, and toona, thanks! i haven't heard from you since the first pm so i assume it hasn't shipped yet... if so then i really appreciate it & will get it right back to you.   Sifo Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 09:40 am:        I did the reset procedure way more times that needed the first rebuild. I would get it reset then find that it wasn't all assembled yet and have to take it apart again. The manual walks you through the reset way too early in the assembly process. I'll be smarter the next time!

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