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#506358 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 4108 Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   I used to have a Honda Trail 90 that had real small drain plugs in the bottom side of the forks. It was a total piece of cake to drain, flush and refill the forks. I wonder if drain plugs could be drilled, tapped, and installed somewhere in the bottom sides of our Roadie forks. This would sure make fork oil changes easy. Has anyone dared try this? All bikes should be designed after the ol' Honda 90, IMHO. This thread made me think of it. http://roadstarclinic.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,187/func,view/id,506274/catid,58/limit,10/limitstart,0/   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/20 11:39 By Boatmark.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506362 PhatRJ (User) Smack 'em Yack 'em Expert Boarder Posts: 550 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   I think they already have them?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506365 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 4108 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   PhatRJ wrote: I think they already have them? Must be invisible...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506371 PhatRJ (User) Smack 'em Yack 'em Expert Boarder Posts: 550 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   Boatmark wrote: PhatRJ wrote: I think they already have them? Must be invisible... They're up inside the fork past the axle shaft. It could be that I'm dreaming this too, but I swear some people talked about draining their forks through these holes. I picked mine up (the forks, not the bike) and turned upside down to drain because it was easier.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506377 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2089 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   Yup changed mine that way,pulled axle and wheel and has allen plugs above axle,they also hold fork tubes together so be ready for fork to slide down,work slick for me just drained and added to top after flushing them out   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506399 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 4108 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   brown91redcam wrote: Yup changed mine that way,pulled axle and wheel and has allen plugs above axle,they also hold fork tubes together so be ready for fork to slide down,work slick for me just drained and added to top after flushing them out Really! Is there a link somewhere on how to do this? Curious minds need to know....   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506413 greyphart (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5790 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   To the best of my recollection the forks have to be drained from the top to get the best job done. They have to be cleaned with tranny fluid (?) and pumped to clean the seals. Plus if the seals are bad you'll be able to access it better. GP   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506414 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7975 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   I'll be removing mine. Oil height measurements should be taken with the tube vertical. Not that it makes a huge difference, but it's more consistient. Measuring volume of oil added is probably only slightly less accurate than "eyeballing it". I like a good easy button, but I love me some well tuned forks.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506422 sigmund (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 282 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   I'm pretty sure I read that the reason you shouldn't use the plugs at the bottom of the tubes is that they are screwed in to a tube inside the forks and that tube can come loose and rotate and then you have a mess trying to get the plug screwed back in. Might want to do more checking but the tech article states draing from the top for a reason......   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506431 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7975 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months ago   The Oil lock and damper rod are held in place by the bolt. If the damper rod spins, you can use a broom handle to hold it tight enough to zip it back on with a pneumatic impact wrench, which is also the best way to get it out. It would be difficult, although not impossible, to get the parts out of line, but as stated before, I'll pull 'em, even on my bikes that had drain screws.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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