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I just took mine apart to have them powder coated, and when the manual told me to place the forks in the special tool that mounts in a bench vise I just put them back in the triple tree's to hold them. other than that it's pretty straight forward.
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Check out my month old posts on these threads; all U need to know here...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...n-process.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...n-06-wide.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...-fork-oil.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...2007-fxdc.html
Mine are the 49mm tubes. In the pix you'll see how I stabilized the stock lowers while I broke loose the 12mm socket-head damper bolt. Another member told me about getting the L-wrench at Sears ($7.99?). You can use the short end of the L-wrench on the right side bolt, but it's not long enough to reach up to the left side. I used a large combination wrench as a cheater. I'd say a M/C jack is a near-necessity, though with some big wood blocks and a bottle jack, you might be able to make-do as long as you have someone to help stabilize things while you try to break loose those 12mm bolts. I drained my forks thru those damper bolt holes atop the axle; yours won't take the same amount to refill as mine. With those bolts removed, you just use the lower like a slide-hammer to remove it from the tube AFTER removing the dust cap, dust seal, and oil seal retainer clip! PM me if you need any clarifications or add'l info.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...n-process.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...n-06-wide.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...-fork-oil.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...2007-fxdc.html
Mine are the 49mm tubes. In the pix you'll see how I stabilized the stock lowers while I broke loose the 12mm socket-head damper bolt. Another member told me about getting the L-wrench at Sears ($7.99?). You can use the short end of the L-wrench on the right side bolt, but it's not long enough to reach up to the left side. I used a large combination wrench as a cheater. I'd say a M/C jack is a near-necessity, though with some big wood blocks and a bottle jack, you might be able to make-do as long as you have someone to help stabilize things while you try to break loose those 12mm bolts. I drained my forks thru those damper bolt holes atop the axle; yours won't take the same amount to refill as mine. With those bolts removed, you just use the lower like a slide-hammer to remove it from the tube AFTER removing the dust cap, dust seal, and oil seal retainer clip! PM me if you need any clarifications or add'l info.
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I think he added the Ricor inserts...may be an active thread here on the Dyna forum, or search "Ricor".
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