FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
Remove the fork spring from the fork tube.
Pour out the fork fluid by pumping the fork tube sev
eral times.
Do not over-tighten
Hold the fork slider in a vise with soft jaws.
the vise on the fork
slider.
If the fork piston
Remove the fork center socket bolt and sealing
turns with the fork
washer.
center socket bolt,
temporarily install
the fork spring,
spring seat, spacer
and fork cap.
Do not remove the
Remove the fork piston and rebound spring.
fork piston ring,
unless it is
necessary to
replace with a new
one.
FORK PISTON
Using quick successive motions, pull the fork tube
out of the fork slider.
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