Always painted Scott. I use a nylon strap wrench, with a piece of inner tube around chrome for added grip. Soak with PB Blaster or similar.
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Removing CB77 front fork seal covers
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Gunner_CAF
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Re: Removing CB77 front fork seal covers
I think 65 and newer have the aluminum silver lower forks, older had the steel painted (frame color) lowers.Spargett wrote:What determines which bikes have the bare aluminum or not? Was that never stock?
LOUD MOUSE wrote:Steel - frame color.
Aluminum - silver. ...........lm
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LOUD MOUSE
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Re: Removing CB77 front fork seal covers
Considered by most a 1966. .........lm
Gunner_CAF wrote:I think 65 and newer have the aluminum silver lower forks, older had the steel painted (frame color) lowers.Spargett wrote:What determines which bikes have the bare aluminum or not? Was that never stock?
LOUD MOUSE wrote:Steel - frame color.
Aluminum - silver. ...........lm
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steel front forks
I am running into a problem looking for new front fork seals for the steel model forks, pre 65 I think. Any ideas of where and how to source would be a huge help.
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LOUD MOUSE
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Re: steel front forks
If ya would give your location in the profile area ya may get help. ...............lm
dr wrote:I am running into a problem looking for new front fork seals for the steel model forks, pre 65 I think. Any ideas of where and how to source would be a huge help.
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