riverroad wrote: My 1980 fork had the 17mm hex socket in the piston and I made a tool for it, which woked great. But then I had to take apart a '78 fork tube and discovered the round hole piston top. So I had to resort to the tapered square broom handle. It worked great! I was surprised. I thought surely the oil in there would just make it slip, but no, I hammered it in and it wedged in there and held like a champ. Almost too well in fact. Had a helluva time getting it out of the piston. Just taper the broom handle so that the very end of the square is about 3/8" across, and the taper is about two inches long.
I had considered the broomstick method, but I was too afraid of what I would face if the wood broke off in the hole (I know, I'm chicken!) That's when I decided to make a tool that couldn't break. Took about 20 minutes not counting the ride to Home Depot. Ed
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