dj 1 rebuild

[mackster23]

i am putting new uppers on my dj1 and ran into the problem that there is a bolt on each leg holding the fork togather. now it looks like marzocchi must have a special socket head tool that fits in that small of a space. does anyone know that such a tool exists?

[binary visions]

I don't specifically know about the DJ1, but all I've needed when disassembling Marzocchi forks is an extension for my socket wrench. It's just a long, thin bar with a female socket on one end and a male on the other. Should work.

[shmity]

They need a thin wall 12mm socket. I got a standard 12mm socket and ground it down, others have just carefully used multigrips.

[sanjuro]

I just rebuilt a older dj and all I needed was a socket extension.

[shmity]

It depends how old the fork is i guess, anything 03 onwards needs the thin wall socket, where as the first DJ series offerings were 02 and needed the socket extension.

[scurban]

You are supposed to use a thin wall socket, I used (VeRy CaReFuLLy) vise grips. Someone else used them with success, I was really nervous to try it, but it worked out ok.

[mackster23]

cool, i will give the vice grips a very careful try. if not, i will get that thin walled socket.

[bob]

This is the right tool for the job:

http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?Affiliate=1&PageID=30&SKU=TL9522

http://www.beyondbikes.com/BB/ItemDesc.asp?IC=QTL9522