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<blockquote data-quote="Mick M" data-source="post: 1457963" data-attributes="member: 92277"><p>I know this is a year old post, but thought this might be helpful. I was replacing the seals in my '06 this weekend and had the same issue as Archer except my tube was compressed vs fully extended. I thought that if I could find a pipe that fit inside the fork, and sat on the collar of the fork cap , I could tap it loose. I bought a 24" length of 1-1/4" PVC with a 1-1/4" plug and a 10" 3/8 carriage bolt. I put the plug inside the PVC, slid the PVC (plug first) into the fork tube and screwed on the fork cap. Then I put the carriage bolt through the hole in the bottom of the fork . I was concerned that a hard whack could strip the threads on the cap so I tapped it gently. 4 or 5 taps and it loosened up and I proceeded to slide the tube up and down to remove the seal. When it came apart , I saw that the bottom bushing had come all the way off. I figure it got wedged in the tube somehow. Here's a picture of the parts I used. </p><p>BTW - thanks to FJRed for the great article he wrote on replacing the seals and bushings </p><p>(<a href="https://www.fjr-tips.org/maint/ForkSeal-BushingReplacement.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fjr-tips.org/maint/ForkSeal-BushingReplacement.pdf</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mick M, post: 1457963, member: 92277"] I know this is a year old post, but thought this might be helpful. I was replacing the seals in my '06 this weekend and had the same issue as Archer except my tube was compressed vs fully extended. I thought that if I could find a pipe that fit inside the fork, and sat on the collar of the fork cap , I could tap it loose. I bought a 24" length of 1-1/4" PVC with a 1-1/4" plug and a 10" 3/8 carriage bolt. I put the plug inside the PVC, slid the PVC (plug first) into the fork tube and screwed on the fork cap. Then I put the carriage bolt through the hole in the bottom of the fork . I was concerned that a hard whack could strip the threads on the cap so I tapped it gently. 4 or 5 taps and it loosened up and I proceeded to slide the tube up and down to remove the seal. When it came apart , I saw that the bottom bushing had come all the way off. I figure it got wedged in the tube somehow. Here's a picture of the parts I used. BTW - thanks to FJRed for the great article he wrote on replacing the seals and bushings ([URL]https://www.fjr-tips.org/maint/ForkSeal-BushingReplacement.pdf[/URL]) [/QUOTE]
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