Scraggydog64
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Evening All
I have just been trying to change the fork oil on my Tracer. Starting with the right hand leg the manual states 431 ml of oil should equate height of 175 mm.
As I did not completely strip the fork just removed the cap, spacer and spring I knew it would not take the full 431 ml. I pumped the fork and drained as much as i could and put 431 ml of oil in. This equated to height from the top of the fork leg of 95 mm. I pumped the damped rod and the fork leg numerous times and its still 95 mm. To get to the recommended 175 ml I had to remove 100 ml of oil. So I have only added 331 ml. Could 100 ml have been left in the forks?
It's the first time I have done an oil change on upside down forks but a 100 ml of old oil left in the fork seems a lot.
Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks Michael
I have just been trying to change the fork oil on my Tracer. Starting with the right hand leg the manual states 431 ml of oil should equate height of 175 mm.
As I did not completely strip the fork just removed the cap, spacer and spring I knew it would not take the full 431 ml. I pumped the fork and drained as much as i could and put 431 ml of oil in. This equated to height from the top of the fork leg of 95 mm. I pumped the damped rod and the fork leg numerous times and its still 95 mm. To get to the recommended 175 ml I had to remove 100 ml of oil. So I have only added 331 ml. Could 100 ml have been left in the forks?
It's the first time I have done an oil change on upside down forks but a 100 ml of old oil left in the fork seems a lot.
Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks Michael