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Not blade forks I afraid

I understand the concept of pulling. However with the damper jammed against the tube so that it could not turn I thought would of done the same thing. Just trying to work out how I can exert enough pulling force to lock it out with what I have as I am about 15 miles from my nearest garage on a remot...

Tighten the damper back up if it won't come out as you can separate the fork with the damper in place How do you separate the fork with the bolt still in as I thought it was the one thing that stopped you doing this. The bolt will neither come out or tighten back up, I am beginning to think it may ...

It seems there is play in the fork bushes that maybe causing the judder. So I've got the forks out but cant get the damper bolt out of the bottom of the first one as the damper just turns once its loose. The normal thing to do would be ram a brush stale down the tube to hold the damper but you can't...

Thanks for the speedy replies guys, it looks like one problem maybe that none of the bobbins are free in the disks. How do you guys free then up without damaging them, I was thinking to put a nut and bolt through them and use it to turn them, or will this compress them. Cheers and thanks for the wel...

Hi guy, I have just taken delivery of my 99 plate VTR and on the whole I am over the moon with it. However there is one problem that needs to be sorted, that is the fact that under slow speed braking there is is a judder from the front end, as if there is play in something. There is no judder when b...