• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

No dampening in front shocks after fluid change!

  • Thread starter Thread starter 81GS1000L
  • Start date Start date
8

81GS1000L

Guest
HI All...
Sorry for the non suzuki post...but I know someone can help me out and i will never do it again...lol..promise.
I changed out the front fork fluid on my other bike (gasp)..settle down..it is not my favorite bike as my gs is for obvious reasons..but it is a 1980 Honda CB750 F Super Sport.
Took the bike for a test drive and there might as well been solid pieces of metal up there...no dampening at all!
Will air in the shocks create this effect?? Thought i did it all right, but first time doing it so i am assuming i missed something. And yes, i put the right amount of fluid in...
Hoping someone can provide me with a slap to the forehead and tell me what the heck is going on.
Again, sorry not a gs , but there is noooooo other forum as good as this one.
Rick
 
nope, nothing

nope, nothing

Nope...not a thing...ok, slight...but sure thought it was more...went over a set of train tracks at a slow speed and it damn near rattled my teeth out! Going out to look at it again...maybe the garage gremlins have fixed it.
 
what is your sag measureing at? let out the air in the forks and see if that softens them up.

For the record dampen slows the forks down from bounceing back super hard. You have no compression it sounds like. If you had no damping then your bike would feel like a pogo stick.

First thing first is to make sure you have fork travel.
 
Last edited:
Did you set the fluid height with the forks extended instead of compressed.
 
Hi All...
Thanks for the clarification on the dampening..it is indeed no compression.
And Nessism...i put the correct amount of fluid in while the shocks were extended. That will make them feel like that?
Should I drain the fluid and start over? I was thinking of taking the top cap of one at a time..try to compress the shocks...maybe getting all the air out?
Like I mentioned...total newby to this situation..and didn't want to create a problem by doing what i thought was routine maintenance!
By the way, the garage gremlins didn't fix it over nite. Went for a kick ass ride today on the GS and loved every minute of it as per usual.
looking forward to your continued thoughts.
Rick
 
What weight oil did you install? GS bikes came with oil pretty close to 15W. Regarding the oil height, if you remove the springs and compress the forks all the way, how high is the oil from the top. I'm not sure about the L model but the straight leg GS models need at least 5.5" of air above the oil.
 
According to the Suzuki service manuals you measure fork oil with the fork fully compressed. My guess is you added to much oil since you measured the level with the fork extended.
...i put the correct amount of fluid in while the shocks were extended
Click to expand...
 With all that extra oil you are hydolocking the fork.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

administrator
Thoughts about the website in general
2 3
Replies
47
Views
985
administrator
administrator
A
Front tire rubbing against fender after tire change (85' GS450)
Replies
2
Views
101
atBike22
A
R
My 2000 Kawa ZRX, 2 very strange problems on 1 short ride.
Replies
7
Views
150
rphillips
R
G
1982 GS1000 Z US Version
Replies
10
Views
255
slayer61
slayer61
S
The Great & Terrible Ask "which exhaust headers not made for the 650G fit the 650G"
Replies
1
Views
109
jdub6092
jdub6092
Back
Top