Henry's Honda. An sp1 restoration. Part 4. Forks sake. Stripping the forks and replacing stantions

[@MrPADDYOT]

I used to think that suspension forks were complicated and scary things that were beyond my mechanical skills and now I know that suspension forks are indeed complicated and scary things that are beyond my mechanical skills. Top vid as usual Dave, keep 'em coming!

[@obsession_engineering]

:)

[@richardpearson4248]

Great video fantastic job looking forward to next one stay safe 🇬🇧👍

[@knot4real]

I am loving this, Ive just bought my second rc51 after a 10 year absence of ownership and am looking forward to pulling it all apart😁🦘

[@stevesane800]

Thorough explanation & humour thrown in Dave. Hope you had a merry Christmas & a few quiet ales for new year! All the best! Would love to see more of the Neval🙏👌⭐️

[@obsession_engineering]

There will be more Neval at some point, promise

[@stevesane800]

@@obsession_engineering Naturally Dave, all in good time!👌

[@DJ10ROCS]

Spot on that! Nicely done, looking forward to seeing the finished result!

[@troywee4774]

cool, thanks for sharing that mate!

[@TheShed929]

Nice work, did you use a heat gun or blow torch to heat the bottoms?

[@obsession_engineering]

I've used both over the years, blow torch is better

[@Shinysideup]

Tightened to FT ? Are you sure that’s means flipping tight ? Lol awesome video Dave.

[@obsession_engineering]

I have to use nice language or the youtube police get unhappy, lol

[@stephenmcqueen4029]

What did you use to turn the stansions out with?

[@obsession_engineering]

I've made a socket with a slot in, then put a 6mm bolt through the hole at the top of the stantion and use a breaker bar to turn it

[@stephenmcqueen4029]

@@obsession_engineering thanks for the reply. I don't see any holes at the top?

[@stephenmcqueen4029]

Unless they are under the bushing?

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

I love your videos but I really wish you'd show us you doing the tough bits eg getting the old stanchions out of the fork bottoms. Just an edit - blink oh you missed it. :(

[@obsession_engineering]

I will try to add some more details, just a bit awkward sometimes to record it and do the work. And not end up with vids all an hour long, lol

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

@@obsession_engineering Oh I don't think anyone would complain!! It's all bread and butter to you as a racer but for the rest of us it's these awkward bits that really complicate these jobs!! I do realise you're trying to work of course. Have you a tripod you can use?

[@rvamotorsports4379]

Thats a SP2 fork. SP1’s fork is darker in color. On my side of the world anyway.

[@paulcavacuiti4176]

For the UK market, the year 2000 SP1 (Y) model had the darker forks, but the year 2001 model (which this appears to be as its also missing the bobbin threads on the swing arm) had different colour forks and brake disks which are closer to the SP2 items in looks.