yeah the bolt at the bottom of the fork (where the wheel pinch bolts are) holds the damper assembly so its gotta come out to part the fork slider from the stanchion tube. I used a good, tight fitting T-bar style allen key on mine. I guess it wouldn't hurt to spray some releasing oil on it and let it soak first and maybe put your allen key in the bolt then strike the end with a hammer to shock the bolt's threads. I find this all contributes to freeing siezed bolts off.
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