Well I guess I'm happy that's it's over. And yes in hindsight it was not tooooo bad, as long as you don't count not being able to get the forks off, getting the Allan bolt off, yanking on the fork to get the seal off, etc, etc.
Putting it back together was almost easier, except that I occasionally got confused with the sequencing of things, and that I didn't realize till later what the darn PVC pipe was for.
So yes if I had to do it again I could, but would I ???????
I am going to keep the PVC pipe and the wooden rod that I carved out to fit the inside rod to which the Alan attaches.
Just in case..............
Here's a pic of my messy garage, and my 1/2 bike and parts.