Passed the halfway point.....

[1BigDog]

After months of trying to disassemble the front end, mostly delayed for health reasons, heat, wildfire smoke, etc, I finally dropped the fork off the bike today. Of course there is ALWAYS one bolt that strips and mine was the pinch bolt on the upper tree. Tried drilling it out but eventually ended up using a dremel with a cutting wheel to cut through the exposed bolt shaft. Glad I have a nice chrome tree to replace it with. (Thanks BoBo)

 

Finally got to use Dingy's fork nut tool to loosen it up. Great tool Gary!! Need to go out today and pick up a 5-6" folding table to lay out parts prior to polishing. Shop area is a total mess right now and got parts/tools all over the place. Cant work like that. Hope to have the tubes disassembled sometime in the next week and get down to some serious parts polishing by next tuesday/wed. Going to fabricate a bracket to bolt to the fork legs to hold it in the bench vise to remove the tube/seals/bushings etc.

 

That wiring bundle sure is a mess though. Got it all sitting on top of the airbox area of the tank. It looks like one of those Comcast commercials which shows the ATT aged wire bundle. Sure glad I marked each and every connection.

 

Hey Eck...its all for you buddy!!!

[Eck]

Hey Eck...its all for you buddy!!!

• Nice chrome tree ...(Thanks BoBo)
  
• Table to lay out parts prior to polishing- sounds like a good plan to me......
  
• Tubes getting some serious polishing
  
• Sure glad I marked each and every connection
  

WOW Ruffy,

You sure know how to make a man feel happier by the monent.....I can't wait to see it when you done..

now what did I do with that life insurance policy...dang it..