Is there a trick to getting the fork caps off a wideglide?
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All I can think of is repeated strikes on the wrench with a hammer or heavy rubber mallet and some penetrating oil for the threads.
MAYBE a little heat with a propane torch lightly applied but clamp the tube up in the vise so your rubber pads don't get hot.
I'm thinking it's gotta come loose eventually.
MAYBE a little heat with a propane torch lightly applied but clamp the tube up in the vise so your rubber pads don't get hot.
I'm thinking it's gotta come loose eventually.
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If you still can't get them off I would put them back into the triple trees and try again.
I use a 18" long 1 3/8" wrench to get mine off and it works just fine.
Another way is to put a shop rag over the nut then grab a big pipe wrench and a hammer and that will take it off as well.
Just my 2 cents
I use a 18" long 1 3/8" wrench to get mine off and it works just fine.
Another way is to put a shop rag over the nut then grab a big pipe wrench and a hammer and that will take it off as well.
Just my 2 cents
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I think he got the big nut loose, Its the part (fork cap) that holds the spring in the tube that is stuck
I can't remember it's size Dang it. What I was getting at was to put the cap with the 2 flat sides in a vice and use the strap wrench to turn the fork tube. Have seen a pipe wrench used when the forks have covers that would hide the teeth marks.
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I can't remember it's size Dang it. What I was getting at was to put the cap with the 2 flat sides in a vice and use the strap wrench to turn the fork tube. Have seen a pipe wrench used when the forks have covers that would hide the teeth marks.
WP
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It did mark one a little. Now I have a new question. So I took apart one fork and my intentions for all of this is to change the tubes of my two over front end to stock length. I found a spacer on top of the damper which I assume I should not include when I reassemble them with the stock tubes. Is this correct. Also the supposed stock length springs I got are about one inch longer than the springs I took out of the two over forks. Which spring should I use. And just to reclassify the 2 over front end had the shorter springs and the linger ones are the supposed stock ones
And I have one damper rotating when I try to get the bottom screw out of the bottom of the fork leg. What do I do about that to get the Allen screw out?
And I have one damper rotating when I try to get the bottom screw out of the bottom of the fork leg. What do I do about that to get the Allen screw out?
Last edited by misfitJason; 09-14-2014 at 07:09 PM.
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