[IgorK]

Hey,

finally got around to service my Monster and can't get cartridges out. Footnuts or whatever they are called won't let them go. It feels like they are unscrewing, but them all of a sudden they start to tighten up again. And that's holding cartridges from the top so they don't spin along with those footnuts. Any ideas how to get them out?

Thanks in advance

 

[zedro]

pull the uppers off and hold the base of the cartridge so it wont spin. You may need to use soft touch pliers or something to keep it from spinning.

 

[IgorK]

By uppers you mean stanchions? I thought you're not able to untill you undo footnuts.

 

[kidwoo]

Take off your topcaps then you'll be able to remove the stanchions.

Hey while you've got those things off, go find someone with a fox 40 and go pound his stanchions. Let me know which dents first.

 

[IgorK]

Take off your topcaps then you'll be able to remove the stanchions.

BS. They are held by neg spring which is attached to carts and all other guts.

 

[zedro]

BS. They are held by neg spring which is attached to carts and all other guts.

what? take the preload knobs off, take the e-clip off, voila, seperated. How can you BS on a dissassembly procedure?

 

[kidwoo]

BS. They are held by neg spring which is attached to carts and all other guts.

Sorry, you got me.

Okay, here's the REAL way to get to the carts...

Grab a pair of vice grips big enough to get around the stanchions. Be sure to get the part down by the lowers cuz it's the best. While holding the vice grips, get a 3/8" drill bit and "poke" the damper rod down into the top caps. You have to remove the preload knobs first.......us a ball peen hammer and swing perpendicular to the fork legs. Once you've "freed up" the damper rod, use the vice grips to unthread the topcaps. Remember, they're reverse threaded and can be really stubborn. Don't be scared to use a little muscle.

 

[zedro]

Sorry, you got me.

Okay, here's the REAL way to get to the carts...

Grab a pair of vice grips big enough to get around the stanchions. Be sure to get the part down by the lowers cuz it's the best. While holding the vice grips, get a 3/8" drill bit and "poke" the damper rod down into the top caps. You have to remove the preload knobs first.......us a ball peen hammer and swing perpendicular to the fork legs. Once you've "freed up" the damper rod, use the vice grips to unthread the topcaps. Remember, they're reverse threaded and can be really stubborn. Don't be scared to use a little muscle.

you forgot the part about the acid bath and 50 grit sandpaper

 

[lovebunny]

no i prefer 20 grit. actually i just go to my local pet store and instead of oil i use cat litter

 

[kail]

Hey,

finally got around to service my Monster and can't get cartridges out. Footnuts or whatever they are called won't let them go. It feels like they are unscrewing, but them all of a sudden they start to tighten up again. And that's holding cartridges from the top so they don't spin along with those footnuts. Any ideas how to get them out?

Thanks in advance

If you're holding the top of the cartridge rod, that won't work. It spins freely inside the cartridge. You have to keep the lower part of the cartridge from spinning while you loosen the footnut. I usually loosen the footnuts a few turns before I even take the fork apart - then it's much easier to take them off after you have the springs out, because you don't have to hold the cartridge so tight. If you still have trouble removing the footnuts after that, once the oil has drained, put the spring and top cap back in and compress the fork while you loosen the footnuts. The spring pressure will hold the cartridge lowers from spinning. Good luck!

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Sorry, you got me.

Okay, here's the REAL way to get to the carts...

Grab a pair of vice grips big enough to get around the stanchions. Be sure to get the part down by the lowers cuz it's the best. While holding the vice grips, get a 3/8" drill bit and "poke" the damper rod down into the top caps. You have to remove the preload knobs first.......us a ball peen hammer and swing perpendicular to the fork legs. Once you've "freed up" the damper rod, use the vice grips to unthread the topcaps. Remember, they're reverse threaded and can be really stubborn. Don't be scared to use a little muscle.

It's vise grips you need then..........................Mine kept slipping with Channel locks.