Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Fork in the Road

I have been working steady on the forks, after removing the front tire, and brake, I need to drain and remove the fork to figure how the previous owner modified this for a chopper look.

I went to remove the left fork. Some trial and error, and after borrowing my neighbors Clymer manual I figured it out.

Removal

  • Remove top screw, mine had a extension tube for the longer fork inside between the cap and the spring
  • Remove fork from triple tree by loosening bolts
  • Remove fork from frame
  • Unscrew the 6mm bolt on the bottom after removing the axle bolts, and clamp
  • Remove the spring, oil piston, and smaller spring
  • the extension to the down tube will remain if you do not remove the oil seal. My oil seal looks OK, and the fork was not leaking
After all this I was able to remove the tube.

The chopper tube is XXXmm or YYY inches. I need to figure out how long the stock tube are.

Big note
I noticed that all these parts are from a 750F bike, and look different than the original K3 bike, will verify these parts.

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