Originally Posted by
fietsbob
If it is a rivet you can knock off the other end, inside, once you have the fork out.
then the above technique would work , too.
Re-attaching is a breeze to, I believe rivet guns are cheap and you can get a couple rivets at a hardware store or bodyshop supply, or just take the bike to a bodyshop and ask nicely and they may just rivet it back on for free or cheap.