Does anyone know how to drain the front fork oil, and refill it? I had a snap ring and seal blow out, lost most of the oil. How do I drain and refill it?? The front fork is removed.
Thanks!
I hope this helps...
Always use soft jaws when placing any fork components into
vise .
1. See Figure 2 -63 . If performing complete disassembly,
clamp lower end of fork slider in a soft-jawed vise . Loosen
lower screw (18). Do not remove at this time .
2. Install fork tube in FORK HOLDING TOOL (Part No . HD-
41177) with fork approximately vertical.
3. Remove fork tube plug (1 ) . Fork tube plug is under spring
pressure . Have a firm grasp on plug as it is removed.
Remove and discard 0-ring (2) .
4 . Remove sleeve (3), spacer (4) and spring (5) from fork
assembly.
5 . Drain fork oil into a suitable container. Slowly pump fork
tube and slider at least ten times. Allow approximately 1 0-
15 minutes for fork to thoroughly drain .
NOTE
If only performing a fork oil change, go to ASSEMBLY, Filling
and Final Assembly.
6. Reorient FORK HOLDING TOOL (Part No. HD-41177) so
fork is approximately horizontal.
7. Temporarily install spring , spacer and sleeve .
8. Apply pressure to spring to prevent damper from rotating
and remove screw (18) and copper washer (17) from
bottom of fork assembly. Remove sleeve , spacer and
spring .
9 . Remove retaining clip (1 0).
10 . Expand fork slider and tube against each other repeatedly
(in a slide-hammer effect) to remove fork tube including
seal (11 ), slider spacer (12) , fork tube bushing (13) and
slider bushing (14).
11 . Remove lower stop (15) from end of fork tube.
12. Tip fork tube upside down to remove damper tube (7) with
rebound spring (8) .
13 . Remove slider bushing (14) , fork tube bushing (13) , spacer
(12) , seal (11) and retaining clip (1 0) from fork tube .
14. Remove rebound spring and wear ring from damper tube .