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From what I remember of my 2005 Vanilla 32, the spring was easy to remove. Unscrew the top cap and out it pops
It was the other side that was a pain to open, as it had all the fiddly adjustment dials with tiny ball bearings
BareNecessities-
I probably have a suitable socket but I’ve heard it’s real easy to damage the cap. There’ll only be a cool on the side with preload? No coil at all on the damping side? I wasn’t sure if there was a cool in there too or not. If no coil and damping is working ok then I don’t really need to interfere with that side unless i want to put the oil in from the top.
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Anyone in here familiar with servicing sus forks?
My 2008(ish) Fox Vanilla R32s are loosing a little oil on the driveside leg so I've got seals and I'm wondering if I can just pop the lowers off without removing the top caps and coils?
There's plenty vids and tutorials online for servicing Fox air forks but little about the coil forks. The air forks can, it seems, be serviced in this way but, they seem to always let all the air out first so that the fork is 'unsprung'. I can't see why it wouldn't work, leaving the coils in there but I don't have much experience with sus fork servicing so...?