Fork bottom wheel clamps

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cornish mafia · #1 Post by **cornish mafia** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:28 pm

Hi All

Well it's been a good long time since I was here asking for the advice from the forum gods BUT work and a new toy in the shape of a KTM 690 ENUDO R have seen me hardly riding the Falco although she's well looked after still , always on charge and covered up started every other week but yes I know she should be ridden!!

Anyway I'm in need again of some words of wisdom so here goes : - As the little bird hasn't been out much and has been hiding away undercover the bottom of the fork legs ( where the wheel spindle goes through ) is showing signs of age , the paint ( spray / coating? ) is coming off and it's not very nice to look at.

What I'd like to know is can I take these bottom parts off or is it a case of covering the forks and spraying them to cover up the mess , looking to get the bike ready for the summer to put some much needed miles back on here .....

Apart from that I wish you all happy new year and hope everyone is fit and well .....

wayno · #2 Post by **wayno** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:54 pm

I can't speak from experience of the Falco, but most USD forks have a small grub screw locking the stanchions in place, the stanchions should then unscrew from the aluminium bottom part of the fork, but be warned most of them I have seen are thread-locked in place and done up to the FT.

If no one here can help give revs a call.

wayno · #3 Post by **wayno** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:56 pm

They must be removable

http://www.rawpowermotorcycles.co.uk/ap ... 2x14367440

And if they're like the future ones (I don't know) this may be helpful for the main fork servicing part

http://motardsardechois.free.fr/Page%20 ... nglais.pdf

Falcopops · #4 Post by **Falcopops** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:29 pm

They are deffo removable, but done up tighter than a sharks arse at 40 fathoms. I'd suspect you'd be better off leaving them buttoned up and working with them in place

#5 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:32 pm

Falcopops wrote:They are deffo removable, but done up tighter than a sharks arse at 40 fathoms. I'd suspect you'd be better off leaving them buttoned up and working with them in place

Delicately put, Dale, but absolutely spot on...

Revs had to remove the fork tube from the fork bottom, and said that it was an absolute bastard of a job. Lots of heat, lots of controlled violence and lots of swearing (just another night in the workshop, then...)

If you don't have to do it, then don't. Mine had to be split, because I wanted a fancy black coating on the fork tubes. But then I am a tart...

cornish mafia · #6 Post by **cornish mafia** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:01 am

OK lads many thanks for the advice and the links , I'll take the forks out in the coming week and have a good look at them and if they're going to be a complete ball ache it's down to two things : -

1 : - Leave them attached and attempt a repair in situ

2 : - Send them to someone else who can do it right and sell the kids to pay for it that way ...

Here we go again with removing parts of the Falco ....