HerrDeacon
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Re: Project DEET- Mini Smoker - Stick a Fork In It
Started to assemble the forks today. First time doing this for me, so I thought I'd document my process.
Here's a pic showing all the parts (except the spring and top nut that I forgot to put out :
). You'll notice the small copper washer in the below pic. Either use a new one or, if you're cheap like me, just anneal the existing one prior to use. Get to see cool green flame too ;D
First step is to put the small spring on the piston.
This unit is then slid inside the fork tube with the piston head facing up. It'll come out the bottom as so.
Then this whole assembly is slid into the fork lower. The trick then is to get the bolt into the bottom. The problem is there is no resistance on the tube so it just spins. The way around this is to install the spring and top nut to apply enough pressure to stop this. After the bolt is torqued down then the fork seal has to be installed. I've seen on a number of forums where people didn't know what side is supposed to go up, so I've included a pic of the instructions that came with my Honda one. It says to install with brand name facing up. Also, this is a tight fit, so to aid in getting it in without damaging it I used the old seal, a modified PVC pipe and a rubber mallet to bang it in. Once seated, the top clip and dust cover go on.
All done!
After this its just the correct amount of fork oil. MB5 states ATF, but I'll be using 15W fork oil.
Started to assemble the forks today. First time doing this for me, so I thought I'd document my process.
Here's a pic showing all the parts (except the spring and top nut that I forgot to put out :
). You'll notice the small copper washer in the below pic. Either use a new one or, if you're cheap like me, just anneal the existing one prior to use. Get to see cool green flame too ;DFirst step is to put the small spring on the piston.
This unit is then slid inside the fork tube with the piston head facing up. It'll come out the bottom as so.
Then this whole assembly is slid into the fork lower. The trick then is to get the bolt into the bottom. The problem is there is no resistance on the tube so it just spins. The way around this is to install the spring and top nut to apply enough pressure to stop this. After the bolt is torqued down then the fork seal has to be installed. I've seen on a number of forums where people didn't know what side is supposed to go up, so I've included a pic of the instructions that came with my Honda one. It says to install with brand name facing up. Also, this is a tight fit, so to aid in getting it in without damaging it I used the old seal, a modified PVC pipe and a rubber mallet to bang it in. Once seated, the top clip and dust cover go on.
All done!
After this its just the correct amount of fork oil. MB5 states ATF, but I'll be using 15W fork oil.
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