Today I tackled replacing the fork seals, not too bad but I was unable to do the left side, it is the side that has the anti dive hardware. Anyway I could not get the bolt off the bottom of the fork, the one that holds the tube in the lower, it just turned and turned, it never felt lose and was not easy to turn but it never came loose, the other side popped right off. So I was not able to change out the seal on the left side, it was not leaking and hopefully it will stay that way.
So the question is; has anyone ever seen this before? Am I doing something wrong?
Also the specs in the book were a little confusing, I could not figure out how much oil to use so I went with the medium 16OZ, that is about how much I took out of the left side.
Also the bushing was completely worn out at the Anti-Dive bracket, I saw some evidence of the rotor rubbing the bracket so I shortened the spacer and made it a ridged type mount, circumventing the factory, pivoting type mount. I don't know what effect this will have but I rode it pretty hard to test things out and did not notice any adverse effects, in fact the front brakes have never worked better. I even almost did a stoppie, lol....
Chaz #134
Don't know if it made it to the list but thought I would post it here, sorry if it is a duplicate.....
"Today I tackled replacing the fork seals, not too bad but I was unable to do the left side, it is the side that has the anti dive hardware. Anyway I
could not get the bolt off the bottom of the fork, the one that holds the
tube in the lower, it just turned and turned"
*** Was the fork completely assembled when you were trying to loosen the bolt? Sometimes (rarely) just the pressure of the fork spring will keep it from turning. If you don't have an air impact tool the head of the bolt can be drilled off to allow the piston to be removed from the upper end.
"Also the specs in the book were a little confusing, I could not figure out how much oil to use so I went with the medium 16OZ, that is about how much I took out of the left side."
*** The right fork uses 565 cc (19.1 oz.).
The left fork uses 580 cc (19.6 oz.).
Air pressure should be 0 - 6 psi (It is NOT recommended to use compressed air).