- Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:50 am
#81963
Mark M - No apology needed, particularly as it was you yourself who gave me the necessary info. when a similar situation arose with my own bike. (Let's just regard it as an oversight, eh ?)
In my case, with the front wheel and mudguard removed, I was alarmed to find that turning the l/h. slider just a fraction of a turn anti-clockwise (viewed from below) released the slider from the fork ! Furthermore, the r/h slider took very little more to remove......
Geoffrey - You may find that you can do the same with your forks, and this would enable you to remove the old oil/dirt/ground metal
debris and wash out the slider quite readily. If the sliders are very easy to remove, I would urge you to figure out a way of ensuring that the fork spring is FULLY engaged/wound on to BOTH upper and lower scroll posts when re-assembling. (With the sliders removed, you can also safely heat the alloy to remove the studs without damage).
Follow Mark M's advice to ascertain exactly which forks you have - as he quite rightly points out, there's no telling after almost six decades !
In my case, with the front wheel and mudguard removed, I was alarmed to find that turning the l/h. slider just a fraction of a turn anti-clockwise (viewed from below) released the slider from the fork ! Furthermore, the r/h slider took very little more to remove......
Geoffrey - You may find that you can do the same with your forks, and this would enable you to remove the old oil/dirt/ground metal
debris and wash out the slider quite readily. If the sliders are very easy to remove, I would urge you to figure out a way of ensuring that the fork spring is FULLY engaged/wound on to BOTH upper and lower scroll posts when re-assembling. (With the sliders removed, you can also safely heat the alloy to remove the studs without damage).
Follow Mark M's advice to ascertain exactly which forks you have - as he quite rightly points out, there's no telling after almost six decades !