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Replacing fork bushings
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<blockquote data-quote="Auburn" data-source="post: 1365361" data-attributes="member: 5661"><p>You can hear the difference as you drive it in. It goes from sounding loose as you drive it down and changes tone to sound really solid like you are pounding on the fork leg directly.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I use the metal pipe to drive the bushing in place as it fits over your upper fork tube, but is thinner than the bushing so it doesn't hit the lower fork tube. I use it like a slide hammer to drive the bushing in place. It does take some force to drive it down.</p><p></p><p>Be careful with the crescent wrench so that it fits snugly and you don't round off the hex on the cap. Might be worth a trip to get a 24mm box end wrench from Lowes or harbor freight. The caps are really soft and it is easy the round them. The 17 mm crescent wrench may not be thin enough to fit securely on the preload adjuster, but there is a lot less force need to turn that then the 24mm fork cap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Auburn, post: 1365361, member: 5661"] You can hear the difference as you drive it in. It goes from sounding loose as you drive it down and changes tone to sound really solid like you are pounding on the fork leg directly. I use the metal pipe to drive the bushing in place as it fits over your upper fork tube, but is thinner than the bushing so it doesn't hit the lower fork tube. I use it like a slide hammer to drive the bushing in place. It does take some force to drive it down. Be careful with the crescent wrench so that it fits snugly and you don't round off the hex on the cap. Might be worth a trip to get a 24mm box end wrench from Lowes or harbor freight. The caps are really soft and it is easy the round them. The 17 mm crescent wrench may not be thin enough to fit securely on the preload adjuster, but there is a lot less force need to turn that then the 24mm fork cap. [/QUOTE]
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