Rear Shock removal-R26
Posted: Fri 6. Apr 2001, 04:39
The aluminum cap on the rear shocks for my R26 will not come off. Instead of unskrewing it just keeps turning. Can anybody help?
Hi Darryl
Try protecting all the surroundings of the cap with heat resistant material so that you can heat up the cap to about 250°C with a hot air blower. Get some body to help you so that they can locate a punch in one of the holes in the cap and give it a swipe with a hammer at your command at the correct moment. If that does not work, It will be difficult to remove the cap with out damaging it: If you do damage it, they are rather inexpensive at CHF 24.50.
Remember to put copperslip on the thread before fitting the aluminium cap again.
Best regards,
Mark
Mark Huggett GmbH