Can you clean a gun? It's about the same but comes apart different. You need somebody that has serviced forks before to assist you the first time and from then on it will never be a huge problem or expense, I have assisted many in past years and they now do their own servicing, need to service one right now myself, a fork seal blew out this winter so I will service both sides. It's messy more than anything and takes about half a day once you have the parts. There are only 4 things that can be replaced in regular servicing, fork seals, slide bushings, oil and the spring if it is bagged out. Good parts to inventory because the bike is absolutely going to need all of them some day. Best luck with your service 🖖