The needle nose pliers holding onto the flute just saved my project. Great tip. Thanks Jeff!

Torque-a-holics.....hahahaha great vid! thanks for being there for the community

Haha I just fought that spindle failing down for like 30 minutes...I should have watched this video first. That needle nose plier trick is genius

Quick tip for someone that was in my shoes, no vice with soft jaws, and unable to get the fork cap wrench on the cap with them mounted in the clamps due to interference with the handlebar mounts in the furthest away mounting location. All I did was remove the fork, grasp it firmly, and then tape my hand to the fork. Easy as that, the fork cap came right off and the fork didn't spin in my hand.

Great video. I love how you kinda show what can go wrong, and what can be a pain during the process.

Great tip on holding the spring guide and screwing the spring down!

Bought fork and suspension springs for my '23 901 Norden Expedition with Explor shocks. Heaviest fork springs were only sticky on one side with the spring guide and a little filing on the spring end where it's cut and curls inward a little did the trick. Super easy install with Husqvarna repair manual. Highly recommend getting springs from Slavens.

Right on Jeff that is really slick!!

Just got mt rear spring in purchased from you waiting on back order front springs will definitely need this video to do it thanks for making it 👍

Thanks for the tip on the sticky caps towards the end! One was like your and other spun right off by hand

Thanks Jeff gr8 vid as always 🤘

love the trick with the long nose pliers!!!saves a lot of time and temper tantrums!!

Thank You! Great short to the point. Nice job.

fantastic tips thanks!

Awesome hairstyle Mr.Slavens

That was a great video! Easy peezee! Little feeling on tighting. No problem. This will be on the 2023 FE 450 HUSKAVARNA bike with the Explorer forks. Thanks again!🤙👌👍✌

Thank you Jeff

Bicycle wrenches to the rescue! They're very thin and work great for this job.

Dude! Thank you.

Simple genius @ 5:45 using a needle nose to hold the spindle while spinning the spring. 🙂

Hey Jeff. I bought a used 17 250 xcw and it had 473 mm springs with a nylon space in side the fork. Can I add nylon spacers under the fork cap to make up the 3mm I need for proper preload. Basically are the springs supposed to be buffered by nylon spacers to avoid metal to metal contact of spring to cap? Thanks so much love your vids.

Should we action the fork to purge air from the calving before resetting the damping settings? Or doesn’t it matter?

I upgraded to heavier fork springs from Slavens. I found that the ends of the coil, where the flat fitting is formed with the weld, the inside diameter of the coil was reduced because the weld/flange encroached on the inside diameter. On the WP Xplor 48, the top cap has a metal fitting that must slide easily into the coil about 3/4 of an inch. I took a drum grinder bit (home depot, $4) and worked the inside of each end of the coil opening to bring it into i.d. spec. When I did that, not only did the top fitting properly slide inside the coil, but also there was also less need to file down the plastic flutes of the spring guides. This was true for both fork springs that I purchased to beef up the forks for my 230lb rider weight. my only worry at this point is the bare metal exposure on the spring left from the grinding and any oxidation that may occur over time.

Hi would you know if these forks fit in a husqvarna FC 2018 if so would I need to do anything to them many thanks

hello, great video. I got my forks back on and the clickers are free spinning now and not bottoming out. Is my cap not seated properly? I did change oil too. Thanks - 2023 500 EXC-F

Thanks for the needle nose tip!😅

fork tube doesn't like to be put in a vice :)

Question for you. On my Xplor 2023 fe450 shocks. I have the "Pre-load" adjuster ontop in cap. I just have the 50mm motion-pro wrench. (I dont have the $socket for preload to unscrew) both clickers Counter-Clockwise all the way and leave Pre- Load on Zero. That works for you to get to the springs and install the 5.0's I purchase from you.😉. Merry Christmas to the company and family.🎄🇺🇸

Jeff, Thank you for the video. I have the 17 KTM 300 six days and it has the adjustable preload lever on the fork cap which seems to be a pain in every way from finding a quick bleed button to taking the cap off for service. Can you sometime in the future do a video on dealing w/ that cap when servicing the fork. And is it possible to remove that preload lever or swap the fork cap for a non-six days that has the simple fork cap. Thank you in advance. One of the many reason I buy from Slavens racing is because of these videos. You staff has also always been top rate w/ me on the phone.

Excellent video, I've got a 2020 te300i, these are the same forks yeah?

So no bleeding needed, that's nice! Can you do it in place on the bike? If removed handlebars?

At the 6:22 mark he switched from holding the spring guide by hand to using a wrench. Should the resistance required to spin on the fork cap be significant enough to require a tool? I just held the spring guide with my thumb like he was doing before and kept turning the cap, I didn't feel like there was a lot of resistance. Just want to make sure I didn't do something wrong..

I do have the thin “tappet” wrench.

On a te300 if I swap from stock (4.2) to 4.6, do I need to revalve it?

Hello, the left fork side, compression side, wen push on it you feel just the spring no oil resistance?

anyone have experience with the compression adjuster not bottoming out. Tried to check my base settings after buying the bike and it will turn clockwise infinitely. The clicks feel good but it never stops. Would that be an issue with the cap itself, or that it wasn't threaded onto the spindle all the way.

This work well...I switched the springs on my 21 500 exc....now they are noisy, I can hear the springs...did I miss something?

What if the compression clicker just keeps turning after you re-install everything?

Do you think thats the first time jeff has changed fork springs. He seemed nervous.

Torque-A-holics!! LMAO!! They just lost their shit!!

Sachs forks ( Beta) guts look the same.

These forks are a BIG shit