What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[butcher650]

 

Well done Butch, they can be a pain in the rissole to change.

For the first time I've done them, I didn't think it was too bad. Funnily enough I read an old post of yours yesterday about Haynes not including helpful information, and two tips/points I think they could have included on fork seal change:

1 (this may of just been my forks and because the oil was old etc), but the sliding hammer action to separate the fork leg and stancion took bleeding ages, because it kept getting stuck at the top. Had to use a block o wood and gentle taps to free it, before one more slide, and it'd then get stuck again.



2 Saying to torque the damper rod bolt when you pop the cartride and stancion back in the leg - This is impossible because of course it just spins, and you can get anywhere near enough turns to get it sealed enough so it won't piddle out your new fork oil. (Learnt this the hard way) - So I had to temp install the spring and top bolt to get a bit more downward pressure to hold the cartridge still, so I could turn the damper rod bolt a bit more to seal it enough for the oil. Then of course spring back out to oil up and then properly re-assemble. I still can't quite torque one of them, as even with everything re-assembled you can feel and hear everything still spinning. Hoping that once its back in bike and top bolt torqued, that'll be enough to torque the bottom bolt.