- Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:46 am
#11104
Hi Jimmer--------- Yes, no probs. but first }--- on this site go to Technical Notes and print-off the very clear instructions that our hosts have provided. Now-- how much mechanical background do you have ?? If none or very little then I would seriously advise you to invest in the valve port tool at least. You might find a C-spnner to fit --but i didn't. If you do get this tool then the job is done with the stanchions in situ. as per the tech. notes. If not then next----I have to assume the Electra fork legs are the same as the Classic Bullet ??? In which case you can either buy/borrow the big 13mm hex t-bar to remove the stanchions from the casquette or (As I did) use a 1/2" drive 13mm short hex socket to start things off followed up with a standard 13mm Allen key to continue. Remove the stanchion---grasp firmly in an Engineers bench vice----preferably a 6" or bigger----using the soft jaws (mine are Lead or Aluminium angle off-cuts). Now ths is going to make the seasoned engineers amongst us WINCE !!However, needs must, I'm afraid. Using either a monkey wrench OR a club hammer & chisel we need to slacken-off the castelated port nut. Continue as per instructions. When re-building make sure that nut is really tight then with a file, trim-up all the mess untill the nut castellations are smooth and clear of any filings, swarf etc. It's really a good idea to have access to compressed air. Remember---forks are an Hydraulic unit and ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS is ESSENTIAL !! When out at car boot sales I t buy old cotton bed-sheets ---make great cloths in the workshop. there now---that's probally got a fewof the old sweats crying in their beer but it got the job done with the tools I had to hand. Best of luck. I'm on holiday in South America untill the turn of the century.
