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Originally Posted by Gorilla25
we dont have unscrewable caps either. you push the cap down with a screwdriver or something and then take a precision flat-head screwdriver or small knife and take out the retainer clip. then the cap will pop off no problem.
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Yep, but remember that they have to be completely unloaded/dangling with no weight on them, so you can't just push down on a loose fork. I find that it's easier to do on the bike if you have a way to get the front wheel off the ground (kinda required if you are removing the forks anyway
). I used a triple-tree bike stand and then used a $10 puller tool from Lowe's (plumbing section). The puller tool has arms that you can hook to the triple tree clamp and a threaded center rod that pushes down when you turn it, which holds the cap down so you can take as long as you want to remove the clips. Pick one up when you get the length of PVC needed to hammer the new seals in (same section).