| Author | Message | ||
     Guell |
I want to polish the set of x1 forks i have for my m2, as does nutz. I was wondering if its best to dissasemble them (please say no) or can it be done fine with them in one peice? Thanks | ||
| Buellfighter |
Did mine off the bike (of course) and still assembled.  | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
I want a lil info on this, i would like to do it but i have noticed that you need to remove alot of material. The stock forks have a machined finish. | ||
| Eshardball |
Man, does that look good! Please post the steps that you took. I am presuming that you left the machined surface alone where the trees clamp down. | ||
| Blks1l |
I polished mine dissasembled. I put them in a lathe, and just went to town with them rolls of sandpaper. I did under the triple trees as well. It really isn't that much that is removed, and there is more then enough adjustment in the triple trees to clamp the tubes. | ||
| Lovedabueller |
it wont hurt to do it assembled. i have seen it done like this alot. just cover the slider tube to prevent scratches and such. (Message edited by lovedabueller on January 30, 2009) | ||
| The_italian_job |
I asked my mechanic a couple of weeks ago because I wanted to do it for my S1, but he said that the forks need to be disassembled because the machine spins very fast and the forks become very hot, so you can melt a gasket. now you tell me if he's fooling me because he wants to make more money over this work or if he's right... | ||
| Lovedabueller |
my father polished his and about 4 of his buddies harley forks. fully assembled with no problems. so......maybe its personal pref. | ||
| Jstfrfun |
Blks1, what do you mean "them rolls of sand paper". What grit, what size? | ||
| Blks1l |
It is just sandpaper in a roll form, available in different widths. I don't remember what I started with but it was pretty aggressive, and I just kept getting finer until I finished up using different grits of polishing compounds. The tubes did warm up while doing this, but I don't think enough to damage any seals, but mine were apart for re-springing and valving. With it dissasembled it is super easy to mount in a lathe also. | ||
| Buellfighter |
Polished mine with the rough to finer method also. Did it by hand and had lots of comments from friends while I was "stroking"  them. Took a couple days for the arms and hands to quit hurting. As far as any noticeable amount removed to be a problem for the clamps to clamp...no problem at all! I do recommend an unlimited supply of beer and not be in a hurry. |
