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Took the damper apart on my fatty ultra dlr80 over the weekend and managed to change almost all the seals. The only one I'm aware that I failed at was the one inside the top plastic screw bung
Yeah these are all the seals you can DIY.
(as shown in picture below. I think I need to unscrew the silver cone thing at the top of the unit as that would allow me to slide the bung off and change the internal seal. To do that, I need to clamp the shaft (ooo eerr) so plan to make a diy shaft clamp from some acrylic and employ a 19mm spanner on the flats of the silver cone.
No - the flats are what the lock-out dial acts upon to lock / unlock the damper. If you do what you suggest you'll destroy the damping and rebound circuit.
My question is - is this right? Can you unscrew the top silver bit to allow you slide the bung off?
No it's wrong.
If so, I can do this without completely dismantling the unit again and will just need to refill with oil. Nothing on the internet is making this clear - most seem take it apart from the bottom, but then I don't know how to get the fragile looking bits off the middle part of the shaft- that will only make sense to people who've been inside one of these things....
Not really. I wouldn't bother TBH, those seals should be OK unless you've got evidence that they have failed I wouldn't mess with the top ones.
I suppose the question is - whats the easiest way to get at the internal seal on the top screw bung of a fatty dlr80 cartridge.
Post it to TF tuned! The cone is press fit, it's forcibly attached / removed with a special kind of press.
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Took the damper apart on my fatty ultra dlr80 over the weekend and managed to change almost all the seals. The only one I'm aware that I failed at was the one inside the top plastic screw bung (as shown in picture below. I think I need to unscrew the silver cone thing at the top of the unit as that would allow me to slide the bung off and change the internal seal. To do that, I need to clamp the shaft (ooo eerr) so plan to make a diy shaft clamp from some acrylic and employ a 19mm spanner on the flats of the silver cone.
My question is - is this right? Can you unscrew the top silver bit to allow you slide the bung off? If so, I can do this without completely dismantling the unit again and will just need to refill with oil. Nothing on the internet is making this clear - most seem take it apart from the bottom, but then I don't know how to get the fragile looking bits off the middle part of the shaft- that will only make sense to people who've been inside one of these things....
I suppose the question is - whats the easiest way to get at the internal seal on the top screw bung of a fatty dlr80 cartridge. THANKS!
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