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#506468 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2093 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Yeah I figured I cheated on mine but measured what I drained out of both and split it for refill,added trans fluid and work forks up and down and drained again,then refilled with 10w fork oil,no problems so far,will take apart this winter and do again fork oil looked and smelled bad   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506469 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5279 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   The bolt on the bottom is not, I repeat not a drain hole for the fork oil. Besides why bother with them, you have to take the the caps off any way, and you would want to use some extra tranny fluid and at least pump the forks a few times to clean all the gunk out. Might as well do it right and not take short cuts.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506470 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2093 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Erbman02 wrote: The bolt on the bottom is not, I repeat not a drain hole for the fork oil. Besides why bother with them, you have to take the the caps off any way, and you would want to use some extra tranny fluid and at least pump the forks a few times to clean all the gunk out. Might as well do it right and not take short cuts. I agree with that was a shortcut next time I will pull them off all the way just figured it will give it some time to flush more fluid out and add that to my winter down time list   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506476 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5279 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   And you can use tranny fluid in replacement for fork oil. Usually tranny fluid is about a 10wt. Old school way of doing it. Did mine about 50k miles ago and no issues.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506478 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2093 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Erbman02 wrote: And you can use tranny fluid in replacement for fork oil. Usually tranny fluid is about a 10wt. Old school way of doing it. Did mine about 50k miles ago and no issues. Thanks for the tip Erbman,working at car dealer its easier to get my hands on ATF   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506510 Edge51 (User) 2000 Roadstar Platinum Boarder Posts: 2203 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Erbman02 wrote: The bolt on the bottom is not, I repeat not a drain hole for the fork oil. Besides why bother with them, you have to take the the caps off any way, and you would want to use some extra tranny fluid and at least pump the forks a few times to clean all the gunk out. Might as well do it right and not take short cuts. can I replace the fork springs with progressive without removing fairing and by just accessing the cap on top of the forks and sliding tube out the bottom?   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/20 16:06 By Edge51.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506519 Booster (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1515 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Erbman02 wrote: The bolt on the bottom is not, I repeat not a drain hole for the fork oil. Besides why bother with them, you have to take the the caps off any way, and you would want to use some extra tranny fluid and at least pump the forks a few times to clean all the gunk out. Might as well do it right and not take short cuts. It has worked quite well for me the two times that I have done it with the bottom bolt, It's very easy to remove all the fluid and refill with the forks on the bike.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506613 sigmund (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 283 Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Edge51 wrote: can I replace the fork springs with progressive without removing fairing and by just accessing the cap on top of the forks and sliding tube out the bottom? No. You have to be able to access clamp bolts behind the headlight. It will have to come off.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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