Forked off

[engineer002]

HI All

Trying to strip down my yzf750r 95 reg front forks to get the stanchions rechromed the only bit im having any difficulty with is the caliper carriers are fixed to the tubes with a grub screw that has a square socket head recessed into it and i cannot find this kind of tool anywhere!! Anyone had the same issue and if so how did you get around it??

[Max Preload]

How square exactly (dimension)? Sounds like a Robertson drive but I doubt it.

You could use a shifting spanner and some bright bar if it's available in the correct size...

[F5 Dave]

Hmm, yeah I looked at it & gave up. They do come off but can be a total swine after the screw is removed. Do a search on the Exup brotherhood website, has come up before. Else farm the job to someone like Maxton I guess.

Do yourself a favour & fit some R1 callipers (& m/c) while you are at it. Much betterer, but do need to grind a cosmetic piece of ally which would be easier while apart.

[Robert Taylor]

HI All

Trying to strip down my yzf750r 95 reg front forks to get the stanchions rechromed the only bit im having any difficulty with is the caliper carriers are fixed to the tubes with a grub screw that has a square socket head recessed into it and i cannot find this kind of tool anywhere!! Anyone had the same issue and if so how did you get around it??

Very often its in fact peening over of the set screw to preclude people pulling them apart. Often that is for very good reason as the ''size for size'' interference between the inner and outer tubes is often compromised when you remove. When you put it back together its often not uncommon for the forks to loosen over time and you will see / feel the inner tube fore and aft rock in the outer tube. The Japanese are very scant with the amount of assembly overlap distance between the tubes, and therefore support. Add stronger brakes and the problem will appear sooner.
We drill the set screw including right through the inner tube, if you dont the thread may pick up on removal so you will end up buying new lower fork tube assemblies anyway. We then reseal the hole with devcon ( no set screw )
Be VERY careful.

[engineer002]

Thanks for the advice Robert i can see this is probably best left to someone used to carrying out this kind of work as fork lowers for this bike are getting to be like rocking horse s**t