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Dbird29
Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 09:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Anybody have a 41mm seal driver I can borrow?
Was changing tires and figured i would do the fork also.

Thanks,
David Bird
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Fdl3
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
An alternative suggestion given to me was to use a 1.5-inch schedule 40 PVC pipe, with the edge taped up and/or filed down to reduce the sharpness of the edge.

Unfortunately, I cannot speak to how well it works because I have yet to use it; but I will soon!
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Punkid8888
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I made one out of PVC pipe for my old yamaha worked great. and it only cost about a dollar.
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Dbird29
Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 01:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I bought one. 41mm for the '03 XB
Now if someone needs it here in Utah they can borrow it.
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Fdl3
Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
So what does it actually look like? There is a diagram of it in the Service Manual, but it is not too clear to me.
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Dbird29
Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
It is a split unit because the inverted forks don't have a way to slide the driver over the tube like non-inverted forks.
The driver is heavy so it can hammer the seal into place.
It is satisfying to hear the clunk change tone when you have driven it home.


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