Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > [MY FORKS LIFE] dissociate the stanchion from the fork bottom...

[Tonio600]

Is that possible???? I spent hours and hours (at least 2) trying to sort that bl00dy thing out (so that I couldn't watch any rubbish rugby game happening in Scotland... )

I got the bolt at the bottom and then I put the fork leg in boiling water (at least very hot water) to unscrew it (I read that on the UKMOC board) but no way.

Has anybody done that before???

[skidlids]

Senna3 has done two sets and will probably be doing a 3rd set later today.
I lent him a old CBR600 bottom yoke which is 41mm and he shimmed it down to 40mm to clamp the 600SS fork leg firmly then with a lot of leverage by way of a bar through the spindle hole and warming it up he managed to work the fork lowers off.

[Felix]

Yup, just done the same myself. Only heat the fork bottom not the whole assembly. Use a heat gun if possible.

[Tonio600]

cheers guys.
Would you reckon it's possible to do it using a kettle instead of the heat gun?

Btw, where does Senna3 live?

[Felix]

Don't see why it wouldn't be possible to submerse the fork bottom in boiling water. You'll have to change the water a few times as the fork bottom will act like a heat sink.

[nelly]

You'll struggle with a kettle. Go with the heat gun like Felix mentions. Once it's hot enough they come off easy.

[Felix]

I did mine on the portable gas heater that you tend to need this time of year in the garage anyway. Well, at least here up north.

[Tonio600]

cheers guys, I spotted some cheap heat guns on Ebay, may give it a try.