can't get my lowers off
07-19-08, 03:48 PM
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can't get my lowers off
Ok I have a 2006 rock shox reba SL came stock on a 2006 trek fuel.. I have followed the manual and when it says to pull off the lowers, they are not comeing.. I have pulled and pulled.. I have removed the 2 bottom bolts struck the air side with a rubber hammer to loosen it. now when it;s avout a couple of inches past where it usually stops it hits something and won't budge.. I think it's something stuck on the damper side, the plunger at the bottom.. '
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
07-19-08, 04:08 PM
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Ok I have a 2006 rock shox reba SL came stock on a 2006 trek fuel.. I have followed the manual and when it says to pull off the lowers, they are not comeing.. I have pulled and pulled.. I have removed the 2 bottom bolts struck the air side with a rubber hammer to loosen it. now when it;s avout a couple of inches past where it usually stops it hits something and won't budge.. I think it's something stuck on the damper side, the plunger at the bottom.. '
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
re-thread the lower bolts back in about halfway. then give the bolts a smack. sometimes the internal rods can get very firmly embedded in the bits of the lowers that they sit in.
either that or you've got something twisted somehow that is preventing removal.
07-19-08, 06:56 PM
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Ok I have a 2006 rock shox reba SL came stock on a 2006 trek fuel.. I have followed the manual and when it says to pull off the lowers, they are not comeing.. I have pulled and pulled.. I have removed the 2 bottom bolts struck the air side with a rubber hammer to loosen it. now when it;s avout a couple of inches past where it usually stops it hits something and won't budge.. I think it's something stuck on the damper side, the plunger at the bottom.. '
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
I'm worried, I need to clean the seals, but I have pulled way to much on this thing. and I even ull where you get a running start and it just stops all the sudden.. I need some help any ideas??
I have no real advice to offer.
Oh well. 
07-19-08, 08:13 PM
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that was exactly what I had to do... Sorry about the typing. was looking for a quick reply.
