I've done the same thing as he's saying with the SAE's, but with a star bit. I've also drilled them out. And I've said fuck it and bought another fork from eBay. LOL
And then there were two.. 1976 GT250 Rebuild
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hurco,
if you got a hold of a few Large torx bits before you drilled it couldn't hurt;that one there sounds stubborn. drilling is the last thing I'd want to do
Did you drain it completely? possibly some old Loctite is jamming the threads,if you heated
the end of the bolt and then hammered the bit on and gave it a go w/ a ratchet,the heat will melt the Loctite and should release'er.
if you got a hold of a few Large torx bits before you drilled it couldn't hurt;that one there sounds stubborn. drilling is the last thing I'd want to do
Did you drain it completely? possibly some old Loctite is jamming the threads,if you heated
the end of the bolt and then hammered the bit on and gave it a go w/ a ratchet,the heat will melt the Loctite and should release'er.
hurco550 said:
No problemo! I didn't tell you about the "helper" I had to use to get the bottom bolt out of one of my fork legs. Once I got the 6mm allen wrench I still couldn't budge it. I looked around for something to slip on to add a bit of leverage and the only thing I could find was the drag bars I used on the 360. Way long and a huge amount of leverage to be sure! I pushed and pushed and when the thing finally broke loose I thought something had broken. Fortunately the second one wasn't as bad!
I went the opposite way. The first one came right out. It's always easier to blame someone else, but I really do think the head was stripped by a p.o. the seals actually don't look to bad, but at this point I'm committed. I can't just put em back together with the head boogered up....ridesolo said:
Did a little buffing on the gauges. Seems to be a real issue on these old suzuki bikes especially.
Used one of those magic drill powered buffers
Before
They didn't come out perfect, but better than they were. Left one is after a little deeper buffing.
And all put back together
Used one of those magic drill powered buffers
Before
They didn't come out perfect, but better than they were. Left one is after a little deeper buffing.
And all put back together
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Didja git that fork leg in two?
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hurco550 said:
I like voodoo arc magic... small tube two tiny o-rings on tungsten inside tube slide into position and give er the pedal! weld small t handle to now welded tube... yes maybe?
