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Old 07-08-2010, 02:45 AM   #1
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$150 is good. Here they wanted $350 and thats me bringing them in.
might be good but im not wanting to spend that much.
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Old 07-08-2010, 02:47 AM   #2
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$150 is good. Here they wanted $350 and thats me bringing them in.
That's what I'm saying... I'm guessing that's including the seals, labor and fork oil Bro... Price that stuff out before you make a final decision. It's about $30 for seals and $10-20 for fork oil... Anyway, good luck if you do it yourself!!!
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Old 07-08-2010, 02:51 AM   #3
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HEY!!! Call Ken Wheeler and see what he'd want. You're going to the Gap anyway and he could tune your suspension at the same time!

http://www.mountainhomepage.com/wheelers/

If you time it right, he could take your bike in and do your forks and set up in a couple hours, no problem! I don't think you'll find anyone that will bad mouth Ken.
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With the right tools, I thought doing the seals and bushings on my forks was a piece of cake. Improvising a spring compressor (you may not need that) and a seal driver made it a pain in the ass. I finally bought the spring compressor, and I'll definitely be buying a real seal driver for next time. You might end up spending $50 on tools, but that's way cheaper than the shop, and you'll get a good idea of how your forks work while you're in there.
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Old 07-08-2010, 09:43 AM   #5
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Wheelers does cheap, fast and good work. It would prolly beworth your time to have him do it and set up the suspension at the same time
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Old 07-08-2010, 09:46 AM   #6
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That's what I'm saying... I'm guessing that's including the seals, labor and fork oil Bro... Price that stuff out before you make a final decision. It's about $30 for seals and $10-20 for fork oil... Anyway, good luck if you do it yourself!!!
Truth! Price it all out. You probably have $75 in parts alone.

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HEY!!! Call Ken Wheeler and see what he'd want. You're going to the Gap anyway and he could tune your suspension at the same time!

http://www.mountainhomepage.com/wheelers/

If you time it right, he could take your bike in and do your forks and set up in a couple hours, no problem! I don't think you'll find anyone that will bad mouth Ken.
That's a great idea!!! I forgot that's in his backyard.

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Wheelers does cheap, fast and good work. It would prolly beworth your time to have him do it and set up the suspension at the same time
Shit ya. When I was there with WOS a few years back... he let us borrow a front end stand, we dropped the forks from a RC51 (blown seal) in his parking lot with tool kit tools, handed them off to Wheeler and came back in a few hours... left the bike in the parking lot with no front end.
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Old 07-08-2010, 03:44 PM   #7
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Ya know i think im going to probably do that.
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Ya know i think im going to probably do that.
Well, call him and see what he says. Ken is a great guy and I honestly wish he could be cloned!!!
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Old 07-08-2010, 05:36 PM   #9
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Well, call him and see what he says. Ken is a great guy and I honestly wish he could be cloned!!!
For sure!!! But that's why he's so awesome. Cause nobody like him. Kinda like me!
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Thank god nobody else is like you
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