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CB400/4 FRONT FORK REFURB BY JULIE
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on December 16, 2017, 04:29:44 PM ---I suppose it's a lesson to all of us. Never assume that the old parts were fitted correctly in the first place!
Even factory original parts can be fitted wrongly. :-\
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Yep, bloody previous owners, they have a lot to answer for at times !!!
And I thought I was doing so well. Never mind. I wonder if that's why the forks got stuck down sometimes ?
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on December 16, 2017, 04:34:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on December 16, 2017, 04:29:44 PM ---I suppose it's a lesson to all of us. Never assume that the old parts were fitted correctly in the first place!
Even factory original parts can be fitted wrongly. :-\
--- End quote ---
Yep, bloody previous owners, they have a lot to answer for at times !!!
And I thought I was doing so well. Never mind. I wonder if that's why the forks got stuck down sometimes ?
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It may be. The stantions are straight aren't they?
Your rebuild is going really well. The fork seals are just a little hiccup. Everybody has them so no big deal.
Looking forward to the rest of the bike rebuild. 8)
hairygit:
Just DON'T try re using those seals again, get new ones, a few pounds spent now will save a lot of cursing and swearing later if they leak and you have to strip them a 3rd time!
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kevski:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on December 16, 2017, 04:34:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on December 16, 2017, 04:29:44 PM ---I suppose it's a lesson to all of us. Never assume that the old parts were fitted correctly in the first place!
Even factory original parts can be fitted wrongly. :-\
--- End quote ---
Yep, bloody previous owners, they have a lot to answer for at times !!!
And I thought I was doing so well. Never mind. I wonder if that's why the forks got stuck down sometimes ?
--- End quote ---
The air in the forks was probably being pushed out through the seals, and then a vacuum was created when the forks were going back up slowing the return to normal height and momentarily sticking from time to time, i am surprised you wern't leaking oil, in the right way up the pressure build up in the cavity makes the seal expand against the stanchion creating a tighter seal keeping even the air in, you will certainly notice the difference, better to find out now rather than finding 300ml of oil over your tyres when out riding it, doesn't bear thinking about, the coiled spring sits in a lip and i have not known one to come off yet.
We are nosey buggers, but sometimes it helps.
matthewmosse:
Minor setback when you are otherwise doing extremely well. It is one of my pet hates in manuals is when they say assemble in reverse order of disassembly. This is no use if someone has been in there before or the part you are trying to fix has come apart in service. About 75% of the stuff I work on is already not functioning or been apart before, so if I am reaching for the manual is nice to check what should be there, and how it should be installed. About the only manual I know that shows this is the old 60s land rover one that gives exploded parts diagrams.
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