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rgscomp
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 Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: K1100 - dismantle fork leg with BMW tool. |
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Well, having read lots of descriptions of the difficulty getting the two collets out of the forks (I'm working on my own) I decided to get the correct BMW tool for the job. Having run Ducatis for many years, I'm sort of used to going down this route as most tasks on a Duke are virtually impossible without the various special tools.
What a breeze!! Fit tool to stanchion, wind down the threaded rod and the collets just fall out the other end. To me, well worth the cost for the timesaving and making it a one-man job. It will be just as easy rebuilding the forks.
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Scott_Anderson
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: K1100 - dismantle fork leg with BMW tool. |
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| rgscomp wrote: | | It will be just as easy rebuilding the forks. |
Till you get to the dreaded seal circlips on the fork lowers.
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: K1100 - dismantle fork leg with BMW tool. |
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| Scott_Anderson wrote: | | rgscomp wrote: | | It will be just as easy rebuilding the forks. |
Till you get to the dreaded seal circlips on the fork lowers. |
That's a fact-jack. Those things are #$@!#$#@!$.
Others here had their wife/sig. other do it. So after not getting too far with the circlips I emerged from the garage-basement and gave Cathy a chance at it- she had them both out pretty quickly.
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Mystic Red
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Till you get to the dreaded seal circlips on the fork lowers. |
I bet they don't make tool for that!
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Saltcreek
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I must have gotten lucky, mine popped right out. It seemed counter intuitive, if I tried to pry them up, they went down but if I pried down, they came up and out. Probably beginners luck.
I'm picturing an obscure tool on the BMW shop wall for installing clutch switches.
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Saltcreek wrote: | | I'm picturing an obscure tool on the BMW shop wall for installing clutch switches. |
Hey- as of today I have a newly installed clutch switch (EASY) and new monkey nuts (not quite as easy but not too bad).
Also I've been "foiled"
Now to fix the- in direct sun the tach needle gets stuck- problem. WTF, this never seems to end.......
The only good thing? It's paid for.
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