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Wish I knew about this guy when I replaced a vent panel on my 2010. Very hard to get part.

Its so hot in south Texas you could make breakfast on the sidewalk with no stove

I gave mine a hard couple of pulls and it separated without major issues. It requires forceful sudden pulls otherwise it can get stuck. Mine started leaking at 50k miles. Its got 7500 miles of no issues so far.

My gen II shock went bad at 52k miles. I installed a gen III no problem

It was a lot easier than I expected going in with no prior experience doing forks. Give the tube a swift firm pull or two to separate it. I didn’t have issues separating them cold even with middle bushing dislocated. I didn’t install a middle bushing either and have had no issues. My forks...

Try to get it in without the knob so you know if it grabs or not first. They can be a pita. Also rotate the knob outwards so you have more room to turn. I have stubby fingers and managed to lose one of those.

Thanks. I’m about to ride a few hours and wanted to make sure. 

Is cold tire inflation psi the same in a 190 as it is for a regular 180 size tire?

I tweaked pre load, rebound and compression. Feels great now

Idk if it makes a huge difference but I have the race tech upgraded springs in the forks. 

Update:  I put it all back together and used belray 10w oil.  Tweaked suspension settings and went for a ride. Its like a new bike! No more leaks and it rides great!  

I don’t have a saw to cut pipe and no tool to drive the middle bushing.  I’m gonna go with lower and upper bushings.  I think it should be ok. 

I just took a fork apart to replace a small leak I couldn’t remedy with sealmate. Surprisingly to me after 47k original miles on the forks, and the first time a seal leaks, the tubes came apart fairly easy with just 5 whacks.  The middle bushing is in better than expected shape it shows very...

That’s what this is all about! Cheers

Thanks for your help.  I’d never messed with the clutch but it had been increasingly clunky so I bled the line and replaced the lever bushing as well.  I figured those bolts were snug but without a torque wrench in that low torque Range I ended up under torquing them.  At least I got stranded in...

Found the issue! The spring plate retainer bolts became loose. I could spin them with my fingers.  I bought a small torque wrench and torqued them to 70.8 in lbs which is equivalent to 8NM.  Thankfully the retainer bolts stayed on.  If one bolt fell into the case the outcome would have been...

Dave, for the soak I used castrol 10w40 motorcycle oil

Took cover off and I see pressure plate is moving when I depress clutch lever so that is working fine. The issue must then be related to the plates, maybe I messed up plate assembly sequence somehow. I’m gonna put them back in the opposite direction and see. I might need to buy a new set. 

I’ll take cover off tomorrow and see if anything jumps at me