| Author | Message | ||
     Tootal |
When we last spoke I was trying to put "Big Twin" brake pads in my Buell. Well after that fiasco, and a few beers, I started on the left fork leg. Since this leg was not leaking I wasn't worried about any grit inside so I didn't remove the center hydraulics tube and just held it upside down and stroked it dry and let it sit overnight. I pulled the seal out and cleaned everything and put it back together, filled it with oil and added the spring. Now it was time to put the tube on top of the spring. I was able to do this with my old tool on the right fork but it wasn't easy and it took several tries, one of which I just got lucky! I had to stop at this point anyway so at work the next day I was thinking of how I could do the job easier and this is what I came up with. It's just a piece of square tubing saw cut at the weld seam and then bent in a vice. A few of holes later and a piece of all thread, drilled and tapped for the rod threads, and there you have it.  Thread on the all thread and put the puller on it, slide in the side screws and add the nut on top and crank her up high enough for the slotted disk to hold it.  It's just so easy!! I understand this tool only works for this one operation. Taking the rebound adjuster off and on still requires a little muscle but that's a lot easier than trying to capture that center rod while pulling down against the spring. Now that I've got it all together, ready to install, I realized I forgot to put my new "Fork Sock" gaiters on!!  Well for those that said you can't stretch a fork sock over the Outer tube and the side reflector, well, you're wrong!!  | ||
| Buewulf |
Simple and brilliant. Thanks for posting! | ||
| Etennuly |
Only a beer machinist could make such a device!  | ||
| Tootal |
My Motto: Drink till you Think!!      | ||
| Skifastbadly |
I used to be a homebrewer. All grain. Made some killer ales and IPAs. But you know what? That's six hours I could be riding. When I was homebrewing, though, I was pretty active in the forums, and found that a high percentage of brewers were mechanical engineers. Seems there's a lot of similarities between homebrewers and Uly riders. Odd. | ||
| Tootal |
I met Needs_02 in Colorado and he showed me some great gravel/dirt roads. We went to the local brewery, by car, and had dinner and sampled some beers. Then we returned to his beautiful home and sampled his homebrew! What a great day!! Therefore you must be right! I think all the gear heads just like building their systems, trying to one up the other guy! Great fun! |
