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Originally Posted by da4design
so very true! that happened to me today! i managed to get the oil changed out, the top bolt stripped when i was tightening ..and i wasn't cranking them down either. i noticed those bolts are short anyway so a trip to lowes and now both are replaced with longer bolts and all is good  |
Glad you got it worked out.
Loosening the top clamp first will take the "squeeze" off the top of the fork tubes so you can loosen the caps.....but leaving the bottoms tight until you get the caps will hold them in place so you can wrench on it. Those USD forks can ZOOM right out of the trees when they're loosened. I've had one hit the ground the second I twisted the bolt on the bottom tree.
FYI-Those tree clamp bolts only take about 12 ft lbs per 8mm bolt spec.
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