roys wrote:hi,
I am finaly "there".
Has anyone tips /pics /things to be carefull about on replacing this?
Thank you,
Roy
Hi Roy,
Here is how I did it, I hope this helps you.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so If and when the seal frustrates you, and you do not have any special tools AND as both Haynes and Clymer casually state that it should be extracted, than you can do as I did:
1. Apply 5-6 (1cm NOT longer) metal screws, evenly spaced, to seal – do not tighten. A small hand held drill will do greatly.
2. Attach long metal wires (I used ~120cm) to screws, tighten them twice around screw.
3. Tighten screw to seal.
4. Band the wires at 2 points, one about 40cm from seal and one about 80cm from seal. Make sure all wires are evenly tight.
5. Tie the band of 5-6 wires around sledge hammer handle near weight.
6. Have an assistant hold bike to prevent it moving backwards!
7. Swing sledge hammer, gently! in such an arc that when it give the pull all wires will be evenly loaded.
8. It took me 3 easy swings to pop seal out that before refused all my efforts.
Entire procedure took me 15 minutes compared to 2 hours fighting with seal using all kinds of tools. After 22y in bike original seal simply would not move – not difficult to see that I lost my temper at some point.
Also, when I pulled with pliers on screws put into seal, entire bike started sliding backwards on top of me! While with hammer all it took were three easy swings.