Removing fork cartridges

[Ocklawanian]

About to pull the cartridges from the front forks. Any thing out of the ordinary I should look for? Hate to bugger anything up.

 

[Nikolajsen]

I don't know if you are have experience with USD forks.
But there is something with a spring compressions tool.
In this tread there are some links to picture.
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=21542.msg307539#msg307539

 

[Ocklawanian]

Yes, Forks are taken apart. I just never pulled the cartridges from USD forks. Wondering if there are any differences between these and conventional forks regarding the removal of the cartridge from the fork leg.

 

[Nikolajsen]

Sorry, can't help you there, I also haven't worked on USD fork before, actually, I bought my first with USD fork, a year ago

 

[steve68steve]

Probably not much help, but relevant for cheapskates:
http://steve68steve.blogspot.com/2017/06/what-fork.html

 

[Stoned]

The factory uses some pretty stout locktite on the cartridges. I had to use more heat, more force than I was comfortable with in removing them, especially the compression cartridge. That said, I didn't hurt anything and it was all pretty straight forward.

 

[Ocklawanian]

Got the cartridges out. The cartridges were spinning in the fork leg and I had to fabricate a tool to hold them in place while the bottom bolt was removed. Seems like a special tool is needed to fix the top of the cartridge. Anybody have suggestions on opening the cartridge?

 

[Checkswrecks]

From doing a search in the Suspension sub-forum with the words "shim stack"
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=3172.msg55409#msg55409
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=21589.msg307824#msg307824


There are others too.

 

[Ocklawanian]

Thanks Checkswrecks...hero member indeed!