Folks,
I have these early Marzocchi Z5's that I still think are worthy of a restore.
Marzocchi came up with this bit of an odd idea to remove top caps. A special tool is used screw over the schrader valve. The top cap is then tapped with a hammer to drive it a bity further into the stanchion which exposes a retaining clip thingy. The clip is removed then the tool is used to pull the cap out of the stanchion.
The tool is just a schrader threaded bolt with a wide enough base so it screws onto the top cap apparently so you don't rip the schrader valve off.
Collective wizards and wizardesses, would any of you have came across any similar schrader fitting in any other industries or some sort of air pump fitting that I could be used opposed to going down the path of getting one of these fabled special tools?
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