Upper Spring Retainer Nuts

The next step is to remove the two upper spring retainer nuts. For this job, you will need a 36mm socket. Careful, because once you remove these nuts, the tension from the springs inside the forks will push them upward as you loosen them. FYI, the 36mm socket was also used two steps prior to remove the center top fork cap, and can also be used to remove the bottom fork nuts (not usually necessary unless you're rebuilding the fork assemblies).

I don't think there's anything special about the 36mm socket needed, but since I needed a couple of other special tools, I bought one from Joe's Tools.