Fork questions and general confusion, GS450 ET

[Guest]

Good stuff! Glad to hear it

 

[Jagir]

The measuring is easy. Just take the pump off an old shampoo bottle, or even a windex bottle. Pump is better because you don't have to hold up a container to catch the spray. Cut the tube 5.5 inches from the bottom of the cap. Fill up the fork til it looks like four or five inches from the top. Stick the tube down the fork and pump out til your sucking air. Repeat on the other fork and you'll have perfectly level forks.

Consider adding this to the "tips and tricks" forum, it's a good one.

 

[Matchless]

The measuring is easy. Just take the pump off an old shampoo bottle, or even a windex bottle. Pump is better because you don't have to hold up a container to catch the spray. Cut the tube 5.5 inches from the bottom of the cap. Fill up the fork til it looks like four or five inches from the top. Stick the tube down the fork and pump out til your sucking air. Repeat on the other fork and you'll have perfectly level forks.

Thanks for that tip! Where were you when I did mine?
I have added it to my tutorial and will send BassCliff an update for his library soon.

 

[Nessism]

Did you pump the forks a few times after you added the oil? You have to pump them to get all the air out of the damping passages before measuring the height.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

See: Fork Seal Replacement and Install Progressive Fork Springs (PDF files).

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff