Carbon fork removal, inspection, and installing

2 months ago

How to remove, and how to install a (carbon fibre) fork.
Sorry for the background noise, poor audio, and not the best camera framing.

- Contents -
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Removing the front wheel
01:52 Removing the front brake caliper
03:16 Detaching the brake hose from the fork
04:29 Tying the brake caliper to the handlebars
05:35 Loosening the stem
08:35 Taking the stem and the handlebars off
09:49 Removing the spacers, compression ring and the fork
10:42 Cleaning, degreasing and taking a look at the fork
13:40 Degreasing spacers and bearing inner ring surfaces
15:23 Smearing anti-seize on the bearing outer rings
16:23 Putting anti-seize onto the mounting bolts
18:40 Mounting the fork in the frame
21:06 Headset bearing preload adjustment

- Useful links -
If you have any questions, please use the BikeGremlin forum (I try to respond to every comment, but YouTube sucks at notifications, especially when it comes to any follow-up questions):
https://www.bikegremlin.net/

Mounting and anti-seize pastes explained:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/7172/anti-seize/

Luescher Teknik videos on carbon fiber and carbon parts inspection:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY9JUMYI54lLOHpb_zbIedQ

Cycling industry patents I consider unsafe:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/10123/unsafe-cycling-patents/

Camera: Starcha - local cycling and hiking legend, King of the Panonian sea, Father of Dragons, Breaker of Chains

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