Fork oil

[DefTrap]

I'm a lazy fecker and I do a lot of miles, so fork oil tends to only get changed every time a fork seal pops (at a guess, at best, every year or 25k miles on average, prolly more like double that.)

But BLIMEY, changing the oil doesn't half make a difference - I'm always surprised by this and by how subtley the fork performance drops off over time. So this weekend mebbe change the fork oil, pretty easy maintenance and cheap.

[cjp377]

I'm just on with the same job but have found the bushes to need doing too, so am just waiting for new ones to arrive from wemoto.

Any suggestions on what brand and weight of oil to use?

First time I've done this job so any advice is welcome.

[SkinnE]

Stick with 10wt fork oil, and read this for a helpful how to

http://www.geocities.com/bender647/forkseal/

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[wainair]

Stick with 10wt fork oil, and read this for a helpful how to

http://www.geocities.com/bender647/forkseal/

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Great link. Pics speak a thousand words!

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Very nice walkthrough, will come in handy when my racetech springs and bushes arrive

Fog

[DefTrap]

I couldnt be arsed to do both fork seams by the way.

[LeftRightLeftThrottle]

My front end has turned into a pogo stick so its time to go through the forks. What should I look for as far as signs of wear on the bushings? I don't think they were changed when the RaceTech internals were installed so they're most likely original.

Also there is some light pitting in between the triples, 00 steel wool for this?

[SkinnE]

The bushes should be a uniform Teflon colour (grey/white). Any wear will show up as a copper colour. This is in the Manual BTW.

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[LeftRightLeftThrottle]

Thanks E