HD Fork Compressor
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Bear Flag, lower end
It's by OTC.
Google "OTC #4779 fork vise" and you will get multiple vendors with different prices. I think I paid about $110 when I bought it a few years ago. It has a mount so you can have it stand alone, mounted to a work bench. I use the mount to clamp in my standard vise... my shop is small, I don't have unlimited work bench space to mount all that I would like..
https://www.otctools.com/products/front-fork-shock-vise
While it's not cheap, it's a good, well-made tool and I like tools....
Google "OTC #4779 fork vise" and you will get multiple vendors with different prices. I think I paid about $110 when I bought it a few years ago. It has a mount so you can have it stand alone, mounted to a work bench. I use the mount to clamp in my standard vise... my shop is small, I don't have unlimited work bench space to mount all that I would like..
https://www.otctools.com/products/front-fork-shock-vise
While it's not cheap, it's a good, well-made tool and I like tools....
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From: Davie, FL
Forks
I use an electric (Heavy) impact gun for slowly putting back in the fork cap as the impact gun has a big grip surface to push down on the spring. Once you get the cap next to the fork tube threads you very slowly engauge the threads. The extra 10# or so of the gun really makes a difference as does pushing directly down on the fork cap.
I also have a spring compressor that comes in handy on heavy springs.
Last edited by FastHarley; Apr 6, 2019 at 02:00 PM.
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