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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianG
Freezing the trees is going to make the holes smaller. That ain't gonna work!

You want to frees the fork tubes and heat the trees if you want to try this trick.

But as was said above, something isn't right. As soon as I loosened the pinch bolt, each fork slid out under its own weight.

If driving a flat-blade screw driver or chisel in the slot that the pinch bolt crosses doesn't do it, there's really something wrong.
your right on both counts. off to get new lower tree. thx everyone.

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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:45 AM
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If they were damaged that badly you probably should repalce the whole set uppers and lowers.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 11:28 AM
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How did you damage the forks? If you've had a hard accident enough to bend the forks, it's a good bet you've damaged the trees.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by magna
How did you damage the forks? If you've had a hard accident enough to bend the forks, it's a good bet you've damaged the trees.
roger that...just bought everything. upper, lower, bearings - next weekends project.

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