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Good to know. I'll bet you didn't gouge the fork legs getting them off, though I now have index lines to line up. And RossKean, I just noticed in your signature that you clocked 295k on your '07. Congratulations, that is amazing.

All good on the seal replacement, though my dislocated thumb isn't thanking me. I didn't need to compress the fork to tighten the bottom bolt. I didn't go up to the factory torque spec of 25 ft#. Things felt pretty tight at 22ft#. The shop in Vancouver WA I asked to do this really...

We got the bolt out and dealership admits that they were lying. They also popped off the fork protector which shop manual says don't. What I did was drilled a hole in a 2' plank at one end. Removed the damper adjustment knob and stuck the damper adjustment shaft into the hole. Tipped the...

Good to know. My neighbor owns a race car shop, and we're compressing the fork with a ram today and will try to spin the bolt out. If that fails, we're headed to meet fellow member in Auburn.

Yes indeed. The remaining part of the cartridge should pull out, but it doesn't. Also, it would be bear to get the spring perch washer back on top of the nut on the top of the cartridge with everything still in the fork tube.

I found the posted photo and a comment on the original thread that "this happens." I think it's a Gen I like mine. I took a fork to a Yamaha dealer to replace the seal and the tech says the bottom bolt holding the damper rod just spins. I ask if he used a damper rod holder like the YM 01447...