Never managed that. The 2017 36 lower leg uses a different casting that has a threaded replaceable tab. This means if you ever strip it you just fit a new tab:

Probably too many ham fisted users… What we’re you doing it up with?

I would imagine a machine shop could mill the drop out face down slightly so you could fit a tab like that? Got to be cheaper than new lowers too.

I can’t imagine it matters that you have stripped the thread. It doesn’t pull the legs together anyway. I reckon you could just push/screw it in to its normal position then clamp up as normal. Any play you could probably just tighten one side then give the legs a squeeze together before tightening the other side
I remove my front wheel a lot and bought one of these to torque the bolts up to the required 2.15Nm

Edit: I cant remember what it looks like and how it fits but if you are using the 15mm axle could you not swap it for the supplied 20mm axle?

Ignore what I said about using the 20mm axle. I just had a look and that screws in the same as the 15mm minus the adaptors.

This may well be true but when out riding its not unreasonable to want to remove the front wheel for a puncture or to change disc pads but do Fox expect riders to carrier around a torque wrench for the 2nm of torque required for the axle? Seems a very fragile design…Ive seen the width of the threaded area and its barely a few mm. The new design on the 2017 looks like its solves the issue but i do feel sorry for the poor folk who are going to have to shell out for new lowers given the poor design of 2016 forks

Give all you need do is get it finger tight it’s not exactly torq wrench territory. Most people seem to go with as tight as I can with stuff and dare I say it not read the instructions

While you may be hamfisted Fox also had a problem with 2005/6 36’s where you needed the spaces when doing up the pinch bolts but the tolerances weren’t tight enough so often ‘split’ the casting – they warrantied the lowers for ones that were ‘tighter’.

Add me to the club. The threads of my 2015 Fox 36 suddenly won’t allow the thru axle to tighten, it gets slightly snug by hand, then if you turn it any further with a hex key, it pops back to being loose again. Fortunately the pinch bolts all work fine. Did this happen to anyone else? I called Fox and they said it’s fine as long and as the pinch bolts work it will never loosen. However, if I ever go to sell the fork that’s going to be pain… Fox said if I really want to send it in they’ll “take a look.” but offered no solutions over the phone.

Anyone ever find a fix yet?

I bought the FlowZone qr36 adapter for my 36’s
Kinda expensive but never regretted it…
Set up once to correct tourqe at home, in the warm, never have to worry about it again