| Author | Message | ||
     Natexlh1000 |
I'm kinda nervous about doing this myself but my money is kinda light right now. My X1 right leg is leaking bad enough to mess up my brake. | ||
| Davefl |
You will need the tools first.. If you don't have them find someone who does, you are not saving money on one job when you have buy all of it.. Other than that the job is not hard. | ||
| Slaughter |
Yes... the fork spring compression tool is required - or else you're going to be spending a few hours to fabricate one out of furniture clamps, tubing bits, straps or whatever. Your shop manual will give you an idea of what is needed just to look at the pics. If you're going to attempt it without a manual... you can get frustrated. The seals are not gonna set you back more than about $30 (probably less) - don't forget the external fork leg seals! | ||
| Glitch |
The seal driver is needed as well. IMHO is more important than the spring compressor, well, maybe not more important. It is however a lot more difficult to make one yourself. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Thanks guys. I guess my gut was right in urging me to take it to a pro. Think a jap dealer would have all that's needed for this type of operation? It is just a Showa fork, right? | ||
| Fuzzz |
NATEXLH1000, Any shop should be able to do it, You might save money if you just take them the fork legs. | ||
| Greg_e |
I would bring the shop manual too. | ||
| Andymnelson |
Do the X1 forks really require a spring compressor? I did my XB forks with just a ratchet strap- no way would I ever spend the $$ on a spring compressor after doing it this way! And I just had a shop install the bearing and seals quick- $10 cash was all I had to pay.  | ||
| Greg_e |
I'd probably make a spring compression tool, threaded rod and a few pins and some other pieces seems like it should be do-able, be nice if we could rent the tools cheap. | ||
| Glitch |
The tension isn't that great. You could use a coat hanger bent to suit, and a ratchet tie sown strap. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
I made the seal driver(like most people do)out of a split piece of PVC tubing and a hose clamp. Seals slip right in. Seems I didn't even use the hose clamp on the second leg. It's been a while,but I didn't have/use any other special tools or a ratchet strap. I think I used a long leg Allen wrench in the hole to compress the spring....twas EASY. The hard part was cleaning out the crud from the internals. |
