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  • Stuck ball bearing…..
  • FFJA
    Free Member

    Hmmm i seem to somehow have a ball bearing fairly firmly wedged into a hole it sits in on my fork spring…. Pleeeease anyone got any tips on how to remove it so i can ride tomorrow?
    Cheers

    Drac
    Full Member

    At a guess try emptying an aerosol very close up onto it to try and cool it thus making a touch smaller. Might not work and you may not want your fingers in the way.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    you mean the little springs for u-turn/ata knobs ?

    regardless, surely it'll pop out with a bit of "assistance" (do it in a plastic bag though, so the bb doesn't fly away)

    FFJA
    Free Member

    It a bb and little spring which sit in a hole on top of the coil spring on some pace rc40's.
    I've tried vigourously bashing the spring on the garage floor but doesnt seem to have moved at all 🙁

    carlos
    Free Member

    last time this happened to me I gave it a good squirt of GT85 directly into the hole using the red thin adapter thingy and it pushed it up and out. It might take a couple of tries but it will work just keep on persisting with it

    FFJA
    Free Member

    Cheers chaps i'll persist with it. I guess if i dont put both back it it wont compress the spring in a straight line when i adjust the travel?

    IA
    Full Member

    fridge magnet?

    FFJA
    Free Member

    Sorted! The flushing worked where brute force and ignorance failed! **** knows where the spring went but i have one a similar size so that should do, i'll have another bash in the morning,
    Cheers all

    carlos
    Free Member

    Nice 1

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