1 Changing The Fork Oil Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:30 pm
Kerswellcrank
active member
Hi folks.
I had to remove the forks to replace the gaitors the other day.
After taking the wheel and mudguard off, I was suprised to find that the left slider could be almost fully slid off the stanction. The only thing stopping it pulling apart had been the wheel spindle and mudguard!
Nothing for it but to strip the fork down and investigate. That's when I found that the circlip at the bottom of the stanction had come out and was rattling about inside.
That was a relief, I imagined something very expensive had broken! But this was easy to fix. I just hope it doesn't happen again.
Unfortunately I lost quite a bit of the oil from this leg,so I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on changing the fork oil, best way to do it, and what weight and quantity do you recommend.
Many thanks.
Steve.
I had to remove the forks to replace the gaitors the other day.
After taking the wheel and mudguard off, I was suprised to find that the left slider could be almost fully slid off the stanction. The only thing stopping it pulling apart had been the wheel spindle and mudguard!
Nothing for it but to strip the fork down and investigate. That's when I found that the circlip at the bottom of the stanction had come out and was rattling about inside.
That was a relief, I imagined something very expensive had broken! But this was easy to fix. I just hope it doesn't happen again.
Unfortunately I lost quite a bit of the oil from this leg,so I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on changing the fork oil, best way to do it, and what weight and quantity do you recommend.
Many thanks.
Steve.