I took some pics of my disassembly for a fluid change and internal chamber bleed. I thought someone might find some of the pics useful. Thought I'd post them up for "archival" purposes. Draining (I got about 10oz out of the bottom of each one)
The seals aren't (weren't) leaking. I thought about taking them out and cleaning... but I don't want to risk a tear or a gouge. These forks are REALLY easy to tear down, so if I have to do it again to replace seals, it's not a big deal. I mostly wanted to just change the fluid and properly bleed the inner chamber.
I changed my seals not too long ago and bled the air out of the inner chamber and had very good success with the work and yes, it has easy to do :=)
Got everything cleaned, bled properly (FINALLY), and reassembled today. I think it's important to note that you MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM RON THE MARZOCCHI TECH THAT ARE IN THE STICKY... NOT JUST THE MAGAZINE ARTICLE I couldn't get rid of the dimples... after some research and finding Ron's ACTUAL notes, it was easy peeeeezy. The editor at dirt bike left out some (what I consider) critical information.
Cool, I hope you find the pics and stuff helpful. For what it's worth, I went through about 4 different sizes of pvc "couplers" from home depot trying to get one the right size to squeeze the bladder just right. I'd saw them in half, and file them flat and smooth... The closest I got was with a 1", but I found I had MUCH better luck by cutting up an old aspirin bottle and clamping it on with one of those band clamps. Once you read Ron's instructions, and learn why you need to clamp something on the bladder, it's a lot easier to make make a suitable tool!
I'm looking for almost the same thing except its for my Showa forks...anyone have any info on seal replacement on the mid 90's Showa's?? Thanks, CC
