unscrewing Allen bolt front forks

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:33 am

Hi,

how do I stop the cylinder from turning in order to unscrew the Allen bolts at the bottom end of the outer tubes of the front forks without having the 'front fork cylinder holder handle and adapter' (special tool)

thanks,
Charles

Yatsushiro · Post by **Yatsushiro** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:17 am

Charles

You need to use either an air driven, or electrical, impact wrench.

You can buy cheap electric ones, like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Or go along to your local tyre fitters, see if they'll do it for you...

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:20 am

Thanks very much Paul!

Yatsushiro · Post by **Yatsushiro** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:22 am

Karma !

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:26 am

Yatsushiro wrote:Karma !

yes. And that on a Monday morning.......

Garry · Post by **Garry** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:59 pm

or try a broom handle

kwackman12 · Post by **kwackman12** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:22 pm

Garry wrote:or try a broom handle

My mother inlaw has a few spare

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:00 pm

Garry wrote:or try a broom handle

tried that one to no avail, it doesn't have to be a Nimbus 2000, does it?

Charles

salty · Post by **salty** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:27 am

Charles - take a wooden broom stick, place the fork leg over broom stick, bounce leg up and down a few times to imprint the shape onto end of broomstick - shape with a stanley knife use shaped end to stop inside turning.

Easy Peasy

Salty