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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hppants" data-source="post: 1426591" data-attributes="member: 27852">Well - at this point, you've got to get creative. I'd start by trying to pry it out with the widest thing possible - try to grab as much of the bottom of the seal as you can. Maybe go to the hardware store, and select a stiff putty knife (one that has NO flex), and then use a grinding wheel to round off the corners of it to mimic the shape of the lower fork tube.You could also put some gentle heat (plumbers torch) on the fork tube in the hopes that it will expand a little and burn off some of the corrosion or crap that is causing the seal to stick. I wouldn't get to crazy with that - just add a little at a time.Finally, use a cut off wheel on a Dremel tool to first cut out the rubber of the seal and the spring. Then gently cut the outer metal ring from the inside. Do NO go all the way through the ring, just cut enough of it to weaken it. Do that in multiple spots - that should get take care of it from there. When the seal ring is paper thin in many spots, it should pry out much easier.If you have marred the fork tube a little, I wouldn't get too worried about it. The inner part of the seal does the business. You wouldn't want to egg out the tube to the point where the seal could spin in the tube, but otherwise, if the seal stays put, it shouldn't matter if it has a mark on the tube.Good luck.</blockquote>