#6 PostAuthor: needaz1100r » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:50 pm
I used to run a suspension company, my partner was Dave Parkinson, so I've taken lots of these apart. I found it quite rare to be able to do it without destroying the stantion, but then every time I did it, it was to fit new ones.
The heat application mentioned is crucial, I used to use a 1/4" hex drive torx bit hammered home into the grub screw to get that out, a good one, Snap On work a treat, cheap ones break. Hammer it in then heat the casting until the threadlock starts to bubble, if you heat it 'till it's dry they can stick.
To turn the casting, I used to find a socket that was the right size to clamp through where the spindle goes and then an extension bar in the socket makes an excellent lever, I never had the spindle as the forks were sent to us. The same goes again with the heat, if you dry the thread lock out completely it can stick and be harder to get off, nice soft threadlock and a hot casting is what you need.
To re-assemble, if you end up with an old stantion, run a hacksaw down the threads and use it to clean the casting threads out, then loads of threadlock on the new one. The reason for cleaning out the threads is - you really need to know that the new or re-chromed stantion is all the way home in the casting. Maybe even a bent leg dissambled so you can use it as a thread cleaner is a good investment for a few quid, because you really do not want your new or rechromed stantion sticking on old threadlock before it's seated.
