How to distmantle frontforks

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:03 pm

Hello,
Can somebody please tell me how to distmantle the cb77 frontforks. I can't loosen the lower outside forks from the frontforks. Whats the trick ?
Many thanks for show me how to .
Grts Rudy from Belgium .

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:28 pm

Early (steel) or late (aluminium) outers?

If you have removed the top seal holder and you are trying to slide the lower parts off you may have a common problem that someone has used too long a bolt to hold the fender and put a dimple on the inside surface of the slider. This interferes with the fork bush and prevents the slider moving all the way.

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Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:11 pm

Thanks for the info G-Man !
The lowerforks are made of steel. This could be the problem. So normally you can pull them out
And there are no hidden bolds or screws ? So if i pull with great force they must loosen ? Or Will
This cause dammage to the inner fork ?
(Sorry for my poor english)
Grts rudy

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:34 pm

Rudy

Your English is fine! Yes, sometimes the over-long bolt distorts the fork slider so the bush cannot be freed. If you look carefully with a light inside yo may see the obstruction. Sometimes you can force it off but you will probably damage the bush. They should normally just pull off.

On one occasion I managed to remove the dimple with a dremel grinder.

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Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:29 pm

Oke, many thanks for Your help, i Will try again this weekend and let you know ......
Fingers crossed :-)
Rudy