Fork oil

[VegasVic]

I've got the front forks off, just finished re-greasing my steering head bearings. To change the fork oil, can I just unscrew the top caps where the air fittings go, dump out the old oil and add new?

[steamer]

Yes. Might want to let them drain over night. Then put a little fresh oil in the tubes and work them up and down several times to flush out any gunk that maybe in there. then drain again.

[VegasVic]

Ok thanks. Will do.

[Rick Butler]

Just a quick note,

 

Loosen the top cap while you have the forks still clamped in the lower triple tree....it will make this process less frustrating.

 

Rick

 

I've got the front forks off, just finished re-greasing my steering head bearings. To change the fork oil, can I just unscrew the top caps where the air fittings go, dump out the old oil and add new?

[djh3]

WHAT no seafoam ad? I'm finding this hard to belive.

[midnightventure]

I did mine a while back and found that having a rounded off 1x2 with a notch cut to fit over the air fitting helped me to reinstall the top caps. There is quite a bit of spring pressure.