Marzocchi Bomber Z-2 Help please

[FluffyChicken]

Re:

Stick seals in freezer now.

Start at 12
www.enduroforkseals.com/id3.html
Few tip.
They can be a bugger to remove and take quite some force, enough to start your screwdriver to bend.
Insulation tape works well as the protection on the lever. It can be left on for the first step.
Putting the seal in a zip bag in the freezer help just a little bit, zip back helps reduce moisture.

 

[The History Man]

Re: Re:

Stick seals in freezer now.

Start at 12
http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id3.html
Few tip.
They can be a bugger to remove and take quite some force, enough to start your screwdriver to bend.
Insulation tape works well as the protection on the lever. It can be left on for the first step.
Putting the seal in a zip bag in the freezer help just a little bit, zip back helps reduce moisture.

Cheers. That is so much more clear than the service guide. I am a visual so this is just what i was after.

 

[dyna-ti]

When i was putting the seals(Thnx for the help there fluffs ) in my z2's i had them in the freezer for half an hour. Then lubed them in the fork oil then drifted them in.

Ive found out me really long description of the process was in a long gone email to someone. I doubt he has kept it, should i ever remember who exactly it was

With all the gubbings removed the whole lowers fitted in the freezer but now thinking on that it wasnt maybe such a good idea given the alloy will be affected by the cold and may crack :? I hadnt thought about that point at the time but all went well.

I used a big-14-15" flat bladed screwdriver with about 20 turns of duct tape wrapped around to protect the lip edge, then it was a matter of gripping the screwdriver at the end of the handle, grip the dropout end of the lowers, put your knee in at the back of them and push with the knee while pulling on the ends.

Ive done a few since my initial post and all of them the screwdriver started to bend :? Its also likely to fly out at high speed so be careful it doent hit anything as it will leave oil on it. Like my nice cream coloured living room curtains,which now have a nice semi-circular oil stain on them :facepalm:

The drift i used white plastic plumbing pipe, sanded down till it slid totally into the seal mount. The oil seals are well below the surface and the pipe helped considerably for keeping it all straight.

 

[The History Man]

great tips batman! Why did you put the lowers in the freezer? wouldnt this make it all tighter as seals are plastic? or am i missing a trick?

 

[dyna-ti]

Rubber shrinks when its very cold Just enough to make getting the seal in ridiculously easy.
You can have my drift is you want. its nothing special but would save you farting about trying to make one for yourself

 

[The History Man]

Got some pipe in the shed but thank you for the kind offer. I like a fettle but wary of these new fangled modern things like.

 

[valve bouncer]

I didn't have dirty big screwdriver to lever the seals out with so I used a 16mm (I think) ring spanner. To get the needed leverage I put the spanner on the floor and used the leg itself for leverage. Best bit of advice I got was "give it some welly". My method would probably make a Marzocchi tech cry but it's all back together now and working fine so I'm tentatively claiming a win.