..take my forks apart to give them a service?

Whaddya reckon? Good idea, or not?

Hic.

or just go to sleep

do it and post pics in stages!

I tried that a few months ago with a 240s rear hub. Today I finally managed to get the parts needed to deal with it. Bearings- £8:00, needed to be replaced anyway. Labyrinth seal- £5:00, end caps £19:00/ pair. All damaged by to much copper mallet action.

Go for it I say. Surely you can beat £24:00 needlessly spent due to drunken maintenance?

Real time video please

Put down the hammer. Step away from the workbench

no no, pick up mallet and get to work son

As long as you have a hammer and a gurt big screwdriver you’ll be fine 🙂

like fred would know how to use a hammer…pfft

far too complicated.

You might want to get a bit more alcohol in. Maybe a couple of cheeky after hours pints in the local, some carry outs for home then get at those forks. What’s the worst that can happen?

Pah- man up. Hit it. Hard.

harder again, use an old chisel, and some random cutlery.

Take Shane McGowan, Oli Reed, Alex Higgins, some of their best work is realised when they’re pissed! 😀

**Has a mental image of Elfin, pished as a rat, trying to strip down a rigid fork**

😆

You might want to get a bit more alcohol in. Maybe a couple of cheeky after hours pints in the local, some carry outs for home then get at those forks.

Liking it aP, liking it…

What’s the worst that can happen?

I could end up in A+E. And/Or be Sectioned. 😯

Might well be academic anyway; I can’t remember where I’ve put the bloody things.

Come to think of it, where’d I put the rest of the bike?

Ring an ex (always bad to drunken dial) and then tell us in the morning how much you regret it and a brief transcript of the call.

Most of ’em now live abroad*, tommid, so it would be quite expensive.

*I know, strange, eh?

😉 So Elfin has had a few. He really loves his bike, his soulmate, his raison d’aitre…

It’s getting late but he wants to give some love, some care.

I hope this is not on the cards. Elfin is a good man, he is. He really really is.

😉

I’ve found the frame and one of the wheels. Still don’t know where I put the forks. Now I can’t remember where the bloody hell I put the suspension oil I bought only this afternoon.

(Delves into computer files to find Poddy’s RockShox service guide..)

#### it. Do it.

plus

multiplied by

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Drink more beer first, it’s better to not remember what you’ve done when you wake up tomorrow
Then buy new forks tomorrow evening and learn a valuable lesson about mixing copious amounts of alcohol and bike fettling
not that I speak from experience, not me! Never…..

A few drinks might help you get into the ‘zone’.

Thumbs Up! do it! what’s the worst that could happen?

did you know P-diddy caused the 9=11 attacks?
P-Diddy destroyer of worlds

erdinger in mouth. 5wt in fork. tis easy!

I can’t find Poddy’s guide. 🙁

I’m not doing it without Poddy’s guide.

I’ve lost interest now anyway. Can’t find the fork so that’s that. It’ll have to wait now.

Found the Poddy guide!

Now, where’s that fork…

*lends elfin virtual circlip pliers*

wonders how long till we get a “how do I remove a fork lower, currently embedded within a ceiling” topic…

sound like you know elfin fairly well nutt!

Poddys how-to is ace. and very straightforward.

It’d be great if this thread was a success though. cos everyone that puts up a fork service query on here will immediately be directed here (by me), to show that any late nite boozer can do it. I’m all for taking out the mystical technical mechanical bolx of bikes.

Unscrew that, hit that, move that, put that in there. stick it back together. and bed!

No don’t take the mick. 🙁

Have you got the poploc adjuster removal/sevice guide thingy Kev? Only got the travel adjust one.

How much oil I need to use?

Still haven’t found the fork though. 😐

are you fukkin jokin! I’m about to hit the sack, pissing about playing tunes and xbox, **** that fork malarkey!

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/peterpoddys-poploc-conversion-guide

it’s all on that thread no?