Did mine today, good writeup. If you heat up the threaded joins on the damper tube & valve assembly with a hot air / heat gun they undo alot easier (factory use loctie). Just becareful of the damper seal. Make sure the inner hole in your new spacer is big enough to sit on the flat edge of the valve assembly, not jam on the taper where the threaded section is. Leigh
These are good words of advice from Lee re. tapering the spacer and heating up the threaded spots. I did my forks on the weekend and even a heat with the wifes hairdryer was enough to soften the loctite to make it easier getting the threads loose. Definitely suggest making the spring compressor as well. I added a retainer to both ends on the spring compressor for safety sake. No blood spilt
Thanks again Corey and Lee
P.S I took 1.5" off the factory spacer and the my fork travel has dropped by roughly 2.5" (Although I haven't put the oil in yet as I am waiting for some new seals). I did not measure my new spacers beforre I put them in but I assume they are the 2" that I asked for.