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Re:Fork oil drain plugs? 11 Months 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.

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ultrastar: And this is why I will not step foot into a Walmart http://beartales.me/2013/01/14/the-latest-crop-of-walmartians/

Latest reply, 5/18/2013
roadtoad1: If you really want to see bizzare, go to wally world on welfare check day:ohmy:the latest crop of walmartians

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