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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:59 AM
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Still wait to get my Regulator. But I have another trouble. On my Fork suspension front left side i have a liquid and i read the manual instruction but I'm not sure to understand it right. the book sad that after you take out the spring and the dust sealing you just yank the slider and the tube apart until they separated. If i do so will the oelsealing alsoget out in the same moment???And is the damper not connected with the slider so that i don get a trouble.
Hope you can give me the right understanding.
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 03:39 AM
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The dampener is connected to the slider via a bolt that goes in thru the bottom of the slider. You gotta pulle the axle to see it. Yes, the old seal will come out when you yank the slider off of the fork tube.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 07:03 AM
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I take the Whole suspension out from the bike and looked at the bottom that is also described in the Manuel but what i foundis not like a internal hexagon/ allenscrew or what ever there is no any angles to a key toscrew it out cos the things what looks like a bolt is complete round, so how i can take it out. or could it be a factory fault with this screw????
I'm afraid to pull out on the slider and damage more us i want. so what to do now???
 
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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After a second good look I found that there was some wax on the screw and it looks round but when i pushed the allen key in i open the scew and all went easy.
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