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[Dan Oaks]

Good deal! I was just searching for an answer. You just provided it. Except the 15/16 nut business doesn't compute. Thanks Zack! -- bierdo Zachariah Mully wrote:

> Dan- > Please tell me that you're kidding... I have pulled apart the KLR forks > probably more than anyone else (at least five times in the past 9 months), > and my tool consisted of a 3 ft piece of treaded rod and 4 15/16" nuts. Cost > me a grand total of $4. And it has not damaged the gripping area in the > dampener rod. > The one caution I have for this procedure (that is if you're completely > dissassembling your forks), is to get a set of socket hex wrenches, or find > a buddy with an air impact wrench. If you don't, I can guarantee you'll > munge the hex bolts on the forks with regular "L" shaped hex wrenches. > > Believe me, the KLR forks are NOT engineering marvels. > > Then again YForksMV. > > ------------------ > Zack > SE DC > KLR650A5 "Buster" > ZG1000A1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Oaks [mailto:bierdo@...] > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 8:31 AM > To: Steve Pye > Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] My Front Fork Seal Replacement Experience > > There are more specifications required to reproduce or buy a nut like you > need. As an example: a typical hex nut is referred to by: 1) the outside > diameter of the threads; 2) the number of threads per inch (or in this case > per MM) Example: 1/4-20) 1/4 inch diameter, 20 threads per inch; or > 8mm-1.25) > 8mm diameter with 1.25 threads per mm. > > Getting these dimensions right, unless you are really familiar with > threading, > is nigh impossible. > > If you would trust me with your special tool for a couple of days, I will > produce same tool and supply them to KLR listers at cost. > > I will pay Fedex charges both ways for your tool and give you the first tool > free. > > Contact me if you're interested, and I'll give you my Fedex account number > to > ship it. > > -- > bierdo > http://www.dirtly.com > > Steve Pye wrote: > Tommy, > > > The nut is 15/16 ths, the shaft is 24 inches long ( longer is better but 2 > > ft seems a sufficient minimum) the handle is 18 inches for good leverage. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Swede]

15/16 is the wrench size, bolt size is something like 5/8 or 11/16. (Don't care what the bolt size is, as long as it fits. Finding a wrench to fit the damn thing is what concerns me.) :^) "Swede"

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Dan Oaks wrote: > Good deal! I was just searching for an answer. You just provided it. > > Except the 15/16 nut business doesn't compute. > > Thanks Zack! > -- > bierdo

[Bogdan Swider]

> At 15 degrees, the liner > did a great job, but my Widder gloves were reaching their limit of > operation and brain freeze was uncomfortable. > > Gino >

Are you sure the brain freeze wasn't caused by cold air entering through the wide gaps in the inner sides of your helmet that are in turn caused by your enormous Dumbo ears that wouldn't allow that fine German engineered Beemer helmet to fit ??? Bogdan