I had some techs in FL that could even shortcut that a bit. They never removed the tubes from the bike. They would remove the wheel, etc. and loosen the caps and then remove the Allen bolts and yank the sliders down and off. Replace the seals and re-assemble, Then remove the caps and refill. Talk about fast ! Techs that are used to working flat-rate can be very clever.
--- On Mon, 4/27/09, wayne crull <[email protected]> wrote: From: wayne crull <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I figured it out To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 9:58 PM Graham, Remove the front wheel, brake calipers, and fender from the forks. Do not remove the support between the forks yet. While the forks are in the clamps remove the caps on each fork. Then remove the top of the fork, sorry I don't know the part name, I think it was a 21mm socket to remove them. Remove the allen bolt in the bottom of one of the forks, have something right there to catch the oil in. After you have drained the oil out of both forks remove them from the clamps starting with the bottom clamp first. Take them to a bench and remove the support between the forks. Remove the black dust cover from the fork, then carefully remove the sponge material. Below that is a plastic washer that needs to be removed. Under the plastic washer is your snap ring. I used 90 degree angled pliers to remove the ring. Remove the spring in the fork, if you have not already. Now you pull up, and it may take some grunt, to get the seal to move up. then slide it off and install the new seal. If I remember correctly there is a pictorial on the nighthawk group page. To put them back together start with the allen bolt in the bottom then fill with oil. The bolt in the bottom connects the inner and outer pieces so compress the two tube together to make sure you get them the first time. After that it is a matter of reverse order of disassembly. Have fun and happy wrenching. I am not sure where you are at, but would be willing to help if you are in the Portland area. Wayne83 CB650SC On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: How do you do that Wayne (replace the fork seals)? The way I do it may not be the right way, Graham On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:28 PM, wayne crull wrote: If you know how to use snap ring pliers and some patients, you can do the fork seals. I have done mine twice, dealer gave me the wrong seals the first time, and it was not really that hard. The second time it took me 30 minutes to remove repair and re-install. Since you are replacing the brake pads you are already taking the wheel and brake caliper off. Take the extra 20 minutes and replace the seals. Happy wrenching! Wayne83 CB650SC On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:41 AM, NytWing <[email protected]> wrote: I posted a little while ago that when I pulled my bike out of storage the front wheel was all bound up and wouldn't spin properly. Well, thanks everyone who suggested I rebuild the calipers, that's not quite it. Apparently while it sat over winter, the fork seals leaked (I knew I needed to replace them and was planning on doing that this year anyway). The fork oil ran into the brakes and swelled the pads so they bound up on the rotors. Now I have to replace the fork seals and the front brakes. ($$$) That'll teach me for not just doing it right away. I could probably do the brakes myself however the fork seals I think I'm going to leave the the professionals. I'm going to have them do it all at once. Thanks again for everyone's suggestions and recommendations. I'll keep you posted.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
