Subject: Re: Fork Springs?
Author: Bruce Giller
Date: Apr 15, 2002, 7:01 AM
Post ID: 1710064213
Keith,
There is a good reason why you didn't get pronged in the face by your
fork springs. You don't have any!!!
No, really the fork springs are on the outside of the fork tube instead
of on the inside. To replace them, you need to remove the front wheel
and remove the fork tubes from the triple tree. Then you need to get
them back on. As always, the first time you do this, it takes awhile,
especially getting the fork tube up thru the tree; you need a special
tool to do this. And if you do this, why not replace the fork seal ???
As to fork springs, I can highly recommend the WP progressively wound
springs from Moto International. Really smoothed out the bumps over the
stock springs.
Bruce
'72 Eldo
Keith Ruff wrote:
| Good Morning All, Patience is near road readiness, all is done, just waiting on the seat to be finished (being re-covered), should be done today. Will learn to live with the slow oil leak, perhaps will tend to it this coming winter. In the meantime, I have a question about the forks. When I changed the fork oil about 2 weeks ago, I was baffled that there was no fork springs in the upper halves of the fork tubes. In all of my previous bikes that I have owned, I always took great caution pulling off those top caps in fear that the load of the springs would shoot that cap nut into my forehead, as it did a friend of mine whom was knocked out cold! I looked into the forks and saw that way down in there on the bottom 30% of the forks there was a hole for the fork oil to enter and figured that's where all the guts of the forks must be. Still found it strange not to have springs in the upper halves of the fork tubes. I just went over to loopframe.com to check out the parts pics breakdown of the forks and did indeed see a fork spring! So what's up, am I supposed to have fork springs or not? If yes, what would y'all recommend? I use to use Progressive fork springs in all of my BMW's. Thanx. Have a Great Day All! Keith Ruff 71 Police Ambassador - NJ |