So, as I previously mentioned, I was planning to replace a leaky fork seal on my bike this weekend. Armed with both my Clymer's and this guy, I figured I couldn't fail. Unfortunately, I did. Brake calipers came off without a hitch. I got the wheel off just fine. I let the air out of the forks and drained the fork oil, and finally pulled them from the bike. Got the dust seals and various bits above the oil seal off, but couldn't get the fork slider out of the lower casing to save my life. Conventional wisdom says these should come off without much trouble, but that wasn't the case for me. After that abyssmal failure, I was reduced to washing and vacuuming my car all day today. No more "dude stuff" until next weekend, we'll see how that goes.
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