At least the front fork seals don't, or it might be my fatness.......
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| Author: | Ja-Moo [ Sat May 31, 2014 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
At least the front fork seals don't, or it might be my fatness.......
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| Author: | Jim [ Sat May 31, 2014 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
There's always the chance the seals were just shot.
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| Author: | BarryB [ Sat May 31, 2014 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
bwahhhhhh - guess not! |
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| Author: | Ja-Moo [ Sat May 31, 2014 10:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
They are only 40 years old.............  Junk Japanese bikes...........
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| Author: | H2RTuner [ Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
John, a couple of things we used to do for those forks, still do the first one for all fork seals I replace today, With any seal, we took the tension spring out of the seal, "unscrewed" it, and cut about 10 coils iff the square end, then, twisted it back together. Tightens up the seal lip to the tube, while not increasing stiction/friction, helps keep the seal alive. Those steel forks used bushings on the bottom of the tube, and top of the slider, and, they can wear fairly badly, making for the tube to not stay straight in the slider. From time to time, if needed, I have made inserts to tighten up the upper bushing if it has too much play. Oil level, we used to put a set volume of oil into the fork tube, pump the system up, extend the tube assembly, and bring the level to one inch above the top of the damper rod where the spring sits. This way, we didn't pump all the oil out of the damper area, into the spring, and didn't lose damping on really tough terrain. Oil itself, we used engine oils in the forks, not special fork oils, never had a problem, never blew a fork seal when we did the above. KMC (Kawasaki Motors Corp, U.S.A.) used to list engine oil use in front forks eons ago, still works for me today. Just stuff from 40 plus years ago, that still works today. |
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| Author: | Ja-Moo [ Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 90 doesn't like dirt roads...... |
LOL, the forks are good for a screen door........ Rode it all over the place at the Gap without a problem, they just don't like rutted dirt roads and my fat ass. Not a biggie, they will be attack fodder soon........ 
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