The front forks are not that hard. The hardest thing on the front suspention is the snap rings. My first experience was with a poor quality snap ring plier. Thought I was going to take a knuckle off, man. The first thing you want to do is remove the drain plug and the spring holder bolt on the bottom of each side. Fresh fluid will make a big difference, make sure and replace the dust cover with the fork seal. Does anyone remember how much fork oil goes back in, I think it was 400cc in each side. If you want to do the bearing or other maintenance yell. Someone will know what to do.
Wayne 83 CB650SC On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Nighthawk Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I put on my progressives this weekend. It was out of the box and > installed. It was so simple I thought I did it wrong. But I got onto > it and it was a lot better. But, I am unsatisfied. I am going to get a > Corbin seat for sure, but that is a lot of out of pocket expense. On > Corbins webpage $329. Yikes! Now, I want to tackle the front > suspension. How do you know if it needs work? I am pretty sure > nothing has been done in the 33,000 miles I have on the bike. I like > to work on the bike myself but I also don't want to get over my head. > I ride this bike from milwaukee to Chicago twice a month and in the 2 > hour ride my rear is killing me in 40 min. > > On Sep 18, 7:54 pm, "Dick MacInnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nighthawk Garry > > > > You will need a spring coil compressor to get the job done. > > If you have a local non-factory dealer shop nearby, it might be the > better > > way to go. > > I have a local shop that charges $58/hr for labor and does not over > > estimate. > > I just had my forks resealed, both wheel bearings replaced (I supplied > the > > Honda parts) and a new rear tire done on my '85 Nighthawk for $200.0 or > so. > > Of course I took the forks and wheels in dismounted. > > > > Dick MacInnes So Cal > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
