Hitchcocks Forum

Does anyone know the size of the hex or square on the t bar tool for removing the fork tube from the bottom unit of C5 fork. many thanks waant to make one.

Someone on the US forum did a complete C5 fork strip and posted the results here, get reading!

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https://forum.classicmotorworks.com/ind ... ic=10813.0



Sadly the links to the pictures no longer work but I did manage a download a while ago, I shall look and see what I can find.



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Here we go, version WITH pictures, my thanks to our friends across the Atlantic.



https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjaxpoj20k5zd ... l.pdf?dl=0



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I nearly posted this earlier but I'm not familiar with the later forks so I kept stum.
However the link Adrian posted mentions the special tool available from Hitchcocks so it looks like this is the same size as the older forks which means you can use the hexagon bar which supports the main footrests instead of the tool or an allen key..

I have a set of C5 forks for my current project and the hex bar tool which fits all my other RE forks doesn't quite fit the top cap on the C5's. I coughed up for a 12mm Allen key socket, and lo and behold, I have access. The footrest bar and our hosts' tee bar use a 1/2" a/f hex section or 12.7mm



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BGS-12-mm-All ... 3f667c818c



If you read the tutorial you will see what other sizes are needed.



I would point out that the tutorial is for the older style C5 and B5 forks with the leading axle sliders and fork stanchions that screw into the casquette or whatever top yoke you're using. Late forks with the plain stanchion tops have a screw in cap with a couple of flats, I posted an Indian Youtube video a while back showing the mechanic unscrewing these anti-clockwise, as they seem to be on a normal right-hand thread, unlike the earlier C5/B5 forks. As far as I can tell the internals are the same.



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Thanks for the correction Adrian. I'll get me coat