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Help! I'm in the middle of tearing down my forks and I've got a puzzle. I'm trying to get the bottom bolt out (the one with the copper gasket) and it's just spinning. Looking down the inner tube I can see the damper rod spinning with it. How do you get this out?

I've got this situation on both forks. On the first one I was able to get the seal out but I'm wondering if leaving the damper rod in place is not correct and impeding removal of the seal.

Any insights??