The left side has the anti-dive chamber. --- On Sat, 9/19/09, NytWing <[email protected]> wrote:
From: NytWing <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: forks To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 6:26 AM Why the difference in the amount of oil in the two forks? On Sep 17, 1:42 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > I can make it a bit easier. Loosen the caps on the top of the forks while > they are still on the bike before you loosen the clamp bolts that hold the > forks. DON'T REMOVE THE CAPS YET. Remove the wheel, fender, etc. Complete the > front end disassembly. Remove the Allen bolt in the bottom of the fork leg. > You should use a hammer impact tool for this. Remove dust seal and C clip. > Clamp fork bottom in a large vise and pull tube sharply upward. The tube will > (should) come out carrying the syntalic bushing and defective seal with it. > Now remove the caps and flush and clean all parts. Drive new seal down with a > piece of PVC tubing (ID=tube, OD=less than bottom ID) Reinstall caps on tubes > and place in bottoms, reinstall Allen bolts. Assemble front end and refill > tubes with oil. 423cc right side, 429cc left side. > --- On Thu, 9/17/09, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Mike <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: forks > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:45 AM > > Yes, I have the manual and have read the pages. Thanks! I am a > little intimidated by the process. If several non-pro mechanics have > done it without problem, then maybe I will try it. > Thanks > > Mike > > On Sep 16, 11:26 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do you have the OEM shop manual ? Do you want the relevant pages ? > > Not a hard job, Some special tools required. > > > --- On Wed, 9/16/09, Mike Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Mike Prince <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] forks > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 9:26 PM > > > I have been restoring my 84 700S for the past two years. I am almost > > finished with it. It rides great and I love it. I was thinking about > > rebuilding the front forks. I have never done that before. Have any of > > you personally done this task? How hard was it and were you satisfied with > > the results? Any tips? > > Mike- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
