reconditioning forks

[squishio]

Hi All

I have just got my hands on a gpz400r and have started restoring it.

The forks and the rear shock are, well, shited.

I would like to get them rebuilt.
I considered doing them myself and have bought oil seals and dust seals from wemoto but have since decided not to do it myself.

So can anyone recomend someone who I can send the forks and shock to, to get rebuilt?

Preferably as cheap as possibly (less than £150) if possibly.
The forks have an anti dive system fitted (not sure how it works) not sure if this has any bearing on total cost or not.

thanks,

Rich
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Current - Hornet 600, Transalp 650, X140 Pit, GPZ400R
Past - SY125, GT250, GT650, CX400, CBF600, Bandit 600, SL1000, GT250

[G]

I have done them on my FX400 (same bike pretty much, same forks) - it's pretty easy to do, so I'd recommend doing it yourself .
Find a guide and if you've got any specific questions after that, ask me and I'll offer any advice I can .

If you've got the money to burn, I'd expect maybe £100-120 these days - though it shouldn't reasonably take much longer than an hour really.
Any local place should be fine, so I wouldn't go to the expense of sending them away.

I just paid to have my KTM forks rebuilt - in this case because I wanted changes made to smooth them out on rutted grounds and wasn't sure of what was needed. It cost me £180 including parts - however that was basically me paying for someone else's knowledge; unfortunately I had done a basic strip and rebuild a couple of months ago anyway .

[squishio]

so if I were to do it myself what parts am I going to need?

As mentioned I have oil and dust seals. Do I need new springs or anything just in case? (oil obviously)


https://www.pittedforks.co.uk/fork-rebuilding.php

^^^they list a fair few bits

I am looking at my haynes manual now where it has an exploded diagram and there are loads of components to the forks ! !

still looking a bit scary for me to do myself

G, wanna make a quick couple of quid?
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Current - Hornet 600, Transalp 650, X140 Pit, GPZ400R
Past - SY125, GT250, GT650, CX400, CBF600, Bandit 600, SL1000, GT250

[neatbik]

You may as well replace the bushes too.
Progressive springs are recomended too, but i havent ridden on any so i cant really say for sure.

[G]

That's what they say they take apart and check, not what you need.
If you are intending on keeping the bike and doing a decent few miles and the bushes haven't been done in a while, then they're worth doing probably.
You'll also need oil as you say, err, that should be about it.

There can be a slight issue with the bottom nut - it can be useful to have an impact wrench to remove it, otherwise in some case you need to make up a special tool. In other cases, it's just a case of lossening it while the top cap is still on.

I wouldn't worry about new springs unless you're trying to make it handle perfectly - and frankly, you've probably chosen the wrong bike if you are .

I don't really do work on bikes for money - frankly, that time could be spent fixing my bikes instead . However, if you're down this way ever (Reading) and want a hand doing it, I don't mind helping you / doing it with you; I've got all the tools etc.