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After a ride on Saturday,I noticed a "clunk" in my front end when I rocked it on the centerstand.At the time I thought may be my steering stem bearings being loose,and decided to check the torque.
Since I was part way there,I decided to go ahead and rebuild the forks,including adding a set of Progressive springs.
Bike has around 38,000 miles without the forks being touched,but I installed All Balls bearing a while back
I have the forks all disassembled now.
One thing I noticed was that the oil in the left fork was black and stinky,just as Fred describes in his video.
But,the right side was blue green looking,like new gear oil.
The bushings on the left side were worn some to where there was some copper showing,but the right bushings looked like new.
The spacer on the right side had a little bit of pitting on it.Everything else looks good.
Although I have not put a torque wrench on it,I don't think the steering stem bearing is loose.At least I don't find any slop by trying move it by hand.
Could the fact that the oil is so clean be an indication that something was not working properly in the right fork? Why would the spacer have somecorrosion?
I did not think to measure the oil I got out of the forks.
I will replace all the bushings and seals,and I will replace the pitted spacer.I will check the torque as soon as I borrow the socket from Canman
Is there anything else I should be looking at?
I can't work on it today,so have all day to look at responses before I start putting it back together tomorrow
Is there anything else I should look for?
Since I was part way there,I decided to go ahead and rebuild the forks,including adding a set of Progressive springs.
Bike has around 38,000 miles without the forks being touched,but I installed All Balls bearing a while back
I have the forks all disassembled now.
One thing I noticed was that the oil in the left fork was black and stinky,just as Fred describes in his video.
But,the right side was blue green looking,like new gear oil.
The bushings on the left side were worn some to where there was some copper showing,but the right bushings looked like new.
The spacer on the right side had a little bit of pitting on it.Everything else looks good.
Although I have not put a torque wrench on it,I don't think the steering stem bearing is loose.At least I don't find any slop by trying move it by hand.
Could the fact that the oil is so clean be an indication that something was not working properly in the right fork? Why would the spacer have somecorrosion?
I did not think to measure the oil I got out of the forks.
I will replace all the bushings and seals,and I will replace the pitted spacer.I will check the torque as soon as I borrow the socket from Canman
Is there anything else I should be looking at?
I can't work on it today,so have all day to look at responses before I start putting it back together tomorrow
Is there anything else I should look for?