[Closed] Removing Fox RP23 Bushing... at home

Socket set & vice.

If no vice, socket set & monkey pliers.

Get the tool or take it to our LBS as super quick job, cheaper than having to get a new eyelet fitted if you mess up removal/refitting. 😉

get the tool.. it is pretty cheap and makes a ballache of a job really really easy.

Dave

They are about £7 on ebay and make the job less of a fiddle.

Gah... I hate when people make sense. OK, I can do £7, ones I found were about £32 which was a bit much for me. Thanks all.

Just had a stainless steel tool manufactured and just put on the site, will last a lifetime, unlike the aluminium versions sold elsewhere for a bit more 😉

You really don't need the tool, unless you are an utter neanderthal...

UGG! 😉

Neanderthal no, letters after my name and all;) Broke..yes. Will pop out to lads in LBS tomorrow, may trade beer for workshop time.

LoCo, thought you were taking a post baby break? Postage to Ireland possible on the cheapo?

Have been back 2 weeks now, postage to Ireland £3, tool is £20 but is the last one you'll ever need to buy, have another stainless one thats 10 years old and still like new, used daily.

FFS: It has taken me more time to write this reply than to replace the bushes. If you have a socket set, find one that just goes over the bush and one that goes through the eyelet. Place in a vice and push the old ones out using the sockets. Simply push the new bushes in using a vice. Use vice guards to stop the vice damaging anything.

There is no need for a tool to do this unless you are doing it day in day out for a living.

There is no need for a tool to do this unless you are doing it day in day out for a living

Or have no vice.... 😉

The tool is usable with both a hammer or bench vice, being a press as opposed to the other type with a piece of threaded bar with plates and nuts, which are a bit of a faff to use IMO 😉

Or have no vice

I bought a tool off Kaesae after getting feed up with using socket sets, lpus the tool was cheap. Its on a thread, so dont need a vice.
The best bit is I dont even need to take the shock completely off the bike. its really quick. 2mins, instead of 10mins, and possible fk up 🙂

Funny how folk will spend £2,000 plus on a bike, £350 on a shock, but tut at the idea of paying a tenner for a tool to make their life a bit easier and avoid the risk of fekking things up (no matter how small).

The ebay ones with a threaded bar and plates are a bit of a pfaff, but do the job nicely (dont expect the little cartridge bearing thing to last long though...)

agentdagnamit
Funny how folk will spend £2,000 plus on a bike, £350 on a shock, but tut at the idea of paying a tenner for a tool to make their life a bit easier and avoid the risk of fekking things up (no matter how small).

*looks at the 4 year old Anthem he got for 200 Euro 6months ago*
*looks at bank balance for an unemployed student*
*decides if he wants food or a tool*

Not me then.

unemployed student

Life choices I guess, I feel sorry for anyone without a spare fiver or so who has a bike to maintain, but I dont suppose there are too many on STW eating dog food. £7, the price of a couple of pints or access to the internet to post on a forum...

Internet is free in Uni 🙂 But yep, could be a lot worse off. Maybe if I rode less things wouldn't wear out...no fun in that..would negate the life choice then.

I bought the BETD tool a few years ago - whilst not the cheapest option it works very well and all you need in addition to it is a hammer and a hard surface.

Once you've got the old bushing out, do yourself a favour and replace it with one of the new "five piece flanged bushings". Don't need a tool and Fox say last 10 times longer than the old DU ones...

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Don't need a tool and Fox say last 10 times longer than the old DU ones...

And less concern about the long-term effects of radiation?

As above, it really is extremely easy to remove and replace fox bushings. A special tool really is not needed.