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Re:Fork oil 2 Years, 3 Months ago  
What is up with that crap ?
Even my old 89 Vmax had drain plugs. Erbman is right though if those are only
the damper rod bolts and you loosen them you may have a hard time tightening them back
up if they spin. Then you'll have to buy or build a tool to hold the rod while
you tighten them. The stinking engineers just won't build stuff easily serviced
by the layman. Guess thats how they plan to get you back in the stealership.
Chris

Erbman02 wrote:
Rayjay wrote:
...there are no drain screws on these forks.

There are drain holes in the ends where the axle goes through.

You have to pull off the front wheel to access the plugs through the bottom of the forks.

See page 47 in the Service Manual.



That is the cartridge cylinder bolt, though some have used it for draining, these forks do not have drains. proper way is to dump the oil from the top. There's the possibility going this route to drain that when tightening, the cartridge cylinder can spin on ya, and won't tighten, then you'll have to start all again. If it were a drain, then the screw wouldn't be holding something on the inside, the screw would only be there to seal the drain.
 
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