Stripping front forks?

BenR · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Karma :

Hi all. I've been stripping my little wolf project & need to do the forks as the seals are well & truly shot the stanchions also are in bad need of recoating. I've worked on bikes for many years but I've never taken forks apart. A guy on the RGV forum gave me the manual for the RG125 but it's for the FUN which has USDs the wolf has ordinary right way up forks. All I can see on the legs is a big nut on the top but I take it they'll need draining first? How do I do this? Any help much appreciated cheers!. Thumbs Up

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Current bikes: suzuki RG125UN wolf. Yamaha MT-07

0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Some basic forks don't have a drain hole, you just take off the spring cap and invert the fork while slowly pumping it to empty it.

BenR · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Karma :

Thanks for that mate. Will do it tomorrow cheers! Thumbs Up

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Current bikes: suzuki RG125UN wolf. Yamaha MT-07

Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Most forks will have a bolt that passes up through the bottom of the fork into the damper rod. Hard to see unless you look for it.

take a look
https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/replace_fork_seals/index.html
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