Fork cap will not budge

[Intech]

Geez...don't take everything so personal...no go out and buy that socket.

I would except that I am prepping for another trip starting Wednesday.

 

[mcatrophy]

"Shifting spanner???" What the hell?

English, dude!!!!

I guess you mean a crescent wrench?

...

Nope, not English English, that would be an "adjustable spanner"....

I learned that from a Scotsman ya Limey ******* POME.

Ya don't get me I'm part of the Union....

Nope, you're an ex-colonial.

And, since when did the Scottish speak English?

...Is it tea time yet?

Of course, it's always tea-time.

None of which helps the OP, except to say I use a man-sized adjustable spanner (crescent wrench ) to do my wheel nuts.

 

[yamafitter]

...And, since when did the Scottish speak English?

You have me there.

As a nuclear instrumentation tech we never picked up anything bigger than a 8mm wrench. If it was larger than that we would turn it over to the knuckle dragging fitters.

I do have a 300mm shifting (adjustable) metric spanner in my toolbox. The only useful purpose it has is a substitute for my hammer.

 

[mcatrophy]

...I do have a 300mm shifting (adjustable) metric spanner in my toolbox.

So you'd better get a 1-foot imperial adjustable (shifting) spanner in case you find a large imperial nut you haven't got a standard socket for.

 

[HotRodZilla]

How do you have two metric bikes but not have metric tools? Leave it to a Marine. Go ask your wife to borrow her tools. She probably has one that fits. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you just don't have that particular size...

Gee thanks for the BOD. I have plenty of metric tools, just not all the large sockets. The only large ones I have are specific. Like the axle bolts. When I find I need another one I just buy it.

Haha...LYB!!

Hey, with a little sarcasm sprinkled in, that's almost as good as FYB. Almost like when a daughter says, "Yes Mother."

 

[yamafitter]

So you'd better get a 1-foot imperial adjustable (shifting) spanner in case you find a large imperial nut you haven't got a standard socket for.

Why do I get the feeling that you have converted all the metric fasteners on your FJR over to British Standard Whitworth?

 

[Intech]

How is all this helping me get the caps off my forks ya bunch of thread jacking asshats???https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/******.gif

 

[yamafitter]

Proper six point socket, a decent air impact gun and Bob's your uncle.

Leave the forks on the bike but just move the forks up a little bit in the triple clamp so that the cap is not clamped by the triple clamp.

You probably won't need the impact gun if you have a decent breaking bar but if the impact gun doesn't work it's FUBAR.

 

[mcatrophy]

Proper six point socket, a decent air impact gun and Bob's your uncle.Leave the forks on the bike but just move the forks up a little bit in the triple clamp so that the cap is not clamped by the triple clamp.

You probably won't need the impact gun if you have a decent breaking bar but if the impact gun doesn't work it's FUBAR.

That's how.
(From one of a pair of thread-jacking ass-hats.)

 

[stealth1]

https://www.ridgid.com/us/en/strap-wrenches

I have one of these I have used successfully when disassembling forks on smaller bikes.

Never tried it on the FJR though.

 

[HotRodZilla]

What Fitter and Trophy said. You'll probably want Spanky to help you, since you need someone stronger than an 11yo girl.

 

[wfooshee]

I thought that was said way earlier, before all the thread-jacking. Gee, I never thread-jack until the question's been answered.......

 

[900gc]

Yes, impact driver. I've switched to an electric one from air because my wimpy compressor couldn't run it at full power but it has come to the rescue many a time.

 

[yamafitter]

I thought that was said way earlier, before all the thread-jacking. Gee, I never thread-jack until the question's been answered.......

Thread-jacking? I hadn't noticed.

Even BikerGeek has a compressor so where that leave Bob on the tool chart?

We'll be at Andy's new place on Friday for Tech Day IX and will get to see all of Andy's new shiny tools that he keeps on the bookcase.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Bob,

Let me know if you need a hand. I'm not too far away. I could ride up Saturday or Sunday if needed.

 

[Intech]

Bob,
Let me know if you need a hand. I'm not too far away. I could ride up Saturday or Sunday if needed.

Thanks for the GENUINE offer of assistance Scott, unlike the rest of these fucktards. I am sure I will be able to get it with the socket and impact. Just don't understand why anyone would put it on that tight.

 

[Intech]

What Fitter and Trophy said. You'll probably want Spanky to help you, since you need someone stronger than an 11yo girl.

Coming from the guy that says he is scared to do his own forks that really isn't much of an insult.https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/****.gif

 

[ionbeam]

...Just don't understand why anyone would put it on that tight.

Locktite Red to keep it from accidentally coming apart? :lol:

 

[Intech]

I thought that was said way earlier, before all the thread-jacking. Gee, I never thread-jack until the question's been answered.......

Thread-jacking? I hadn't noticed.

Even BikerGeek has a compressor so where that leave Bob on the tool chart?

We'll be at Andy's new place on Friday for Tech Day IX and will get to see all of Andy's new shiny tools that he keeps on the bookcase.

Where did you get the idea that I didn't have a compressor? I have two.

 

[Intech]

...Just don't understand why anyone would put it on that tight.

Locktite Red to keep it from accidentally coming apart?

Red? I hope not, but I have seen stranger things. You would think that anyone that would se doing service on forks would know not to over tighten the cap.