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Offline cb550choppa

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rebuilding forks?
« on: December 11, 2012, 07:06:41 PM »
any help, im rebuilding my forks soon cleaning off the fender mounts. ive never rebuilt forks just looking for input sugguestions
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Offline SmallTimeOkie

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Re: rebuilding forks?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 07:52:32 PM »
Easy stuff, youtube it or search the forums.
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Offline nitroeagle

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Re: rebuilding forks?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 08:39:51 PM »
I'm not sure about rebuilding. I did the fork seals & changed the fluid in my cb650. Wasn't hard. Just followed the manual & used automatic trans fluid to fill. There's all sorts of opinions on fluids. It worked fine for me. Good luck
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Offline Thousandson

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Re: rebuilding forks?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 08:57:16 PM »
Best fork video in the world. It saved my sanity when I was trying to replace my Cb750 seals. I followed the manual, but a little video never hurt. The biggest investment was the 18" Flat Head screwdriver to take the seal out. ALSO, when taking the seal out pad the crap out of it. I had rags on the tip of my screwdriver, and the pivot point. The aluminum scrapes, scars, and damages real easily. I scraped my first one and filed it all down, it still took out some metal, but I left no sharp edges for the seal to cut against. 
Best of luck, your forks might be built differently, but for a Cb750f 78' like mine. Same disassemble, and install.


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