Hi folks,

I'm changing my fork seals and to get the darn things apart you need to hold the inside still. Well, it turns out that I have enough extenders to get all the way down inside. Now my question is... What size allen key do I need down there? It's not an M8, all the posts I've found on the subject talk about using a nut or the head of a bolt but nothing seems to say an actuall size if you have the tools for it.

Thanks in advance.

I went to RONA and bought a 5/8" nut, welded it to an old and busted Socket I had kicking around. That screw didn't stand a chance once I was prepared.

Then I ran into the Stopper Ring. The Clymer and everything I can find on here says "Remove the stopper ring from the slider."
....*blink blink*.... How?

I've tried prying it out with a scribe, and I can't get a set of pliers down in there to get a grip on it. How do I simply remove it?

That was my first attempt. The metal I was prying against started to fold before the clip moved.

Definately the clip.

I actually picked up a good condition set of forks from my local salvage ship for about the price I'd for one new fork tube. The fork tube that is on my bike looks like somebody went to town on it with a ball peen hammer. The clip that was in this one is about 1/16" thick and feels like it was made out of hardened steel. I got it out, but it's not going back in. Mangled.

I don't know what the previous owner was doing with this set either, cause when I opened it out, there is no Spacer in there. I took the cap off and the next thing I say was the spring seat and the fork spring.

 No holes, thin wall tubing (22ga.) about 1 1/4 od  x  4'' long, thicker wall tubing wont hurt.