Fork Cartridge Peened Bottom-Out Featured, and special thanks to Master Suspension Technician and used-to-be-wanna-be-fireman-but-now-is-actually-a-fireman Alan "AJ" Peck. Note: Click on the images to enlarge. Section Quick Links: > FORK DISASSEMBLY
> CARTRIDGE DISASSEMBLY
> COMPRESSION VALVING
> REBOUND VALVING
> CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY
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| CARTRIDGE DISASSEMBLY Remove the Bottom-out Piston Not Required for Gold Valve Installation FD20- Remove the bottom out piston from the shaft. It is held onto the rod with peening over a circlip. To unpeen the piston and expose the circlip, clamp the damping rod firmly with the Shaft Holding Tool provided then using a piece of PVC hammer sharply downward. |
| FD21- The bottom out piston will have moved down exposing the circlip. |
| FD22- Remove the circlip. |
| FD23- Remove the bottom-out piston. |
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| THE NEXT 5 STEPS ARE NOT REQUIRED IF YOU DIDN'T UNPEEN THE STOCK BOTTOM-OUT PISTON. VC9- Install the bottom-out piston on the rebound rod. |
| VC10- Install the circlip into it's groove. |
| VC11- NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS |
| VC12- This is the RT Tool for re-peening the bottom-out piston. The end with the step on it is for unpeening while the tapered side is for re-peening. |
| VC13- Compression stack components laid out in order. |
| VC14- This is the stepped side used for removal. |
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| VC16- Use the same piece of PVC used tor removal to tap on the tool. The Piston should be supported by the clamp in the vise jaws. (Not as shown) NOTE - End of Bottom-out Piston installation. |
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