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Fork seals

Post by Irishbiker » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:14 pm

Burst the fork seals on my 93 NC31 the other day, fooking potholes, question is what quantity of oil does it take per leg and what grade of oil is recommended.

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Re: Fork seals

Post by Lancerace » Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:06 pm

Im in the process of doing the same...

As the irish lad here, what grade, quantity and perhaps make do you reccommend. Also fist time taking forks apart..... any tips or stuff to watch out for.

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Re: Fork seals

Post by royster81 » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:23 pm

My mate did the forks on his `92 project big one and he got the info online, I'll ask him where then I'll reply here
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Re: Fork seals

Post by Lancerace » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:34 pm

Thanks Royster, much appreciated :peace:

I found a few on youtube, but none concerning our type of bike
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Re: Fork seals

Post by billgrundies » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:21 pm

when I replaced my seals I used 10w fork oil and 490ml in each leg. project big1.
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Re: Fork seals

Post by Lancerace » Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:37 am

thanks mate...

So you saying all we need is 1Ltr and that should be enough for both.

Is there a mark or exact quantity as to how much needs to be filled coz I didnt find it in the manual, probably coz its a Russian translation. Is 490ml a quantity you got off the manual? Sory for all the questions but I'm trying to do thinks correctly
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Re: Fork seals

Post by tomigun » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:56 pm

Russian service manual mention that 499sm3 needed.
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The Japan service manual mention that 499cc needed.
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So I think we will need 499 ml of oil to fill the correct amount,and yes 1Ltr should be enough for both.
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Re: Fork seals

Post by Lancerace » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:18 pm

Thanks mate... much appriciated :grin:
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Re: Fork seals

Post by billgrundies » Sat Jul 16, 2016 6:06 pm

I got my info from a Honda bike shop. Bike handles fine.
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