So I took the forks off, drained them of the fresh atf, and dug into the Trac
system. It definitely needed cleaning.
Cleaned and lubed Trac, put it back together, filled the forks with 15w fork
oil with the specified amounts, pumped them to get the fluid throughout, then
measured the levels. L
The main reason I am trying to tighten up the front while putting off a
complete fork rebuild, which I don't have all the necessary tools for, is
because most my workspace is taken up with my 84 700s, which I've removed the
valve cover from in order to get at the cam chain tensioner which may o
Yeah thanks, I came to the same conclusion last night, drained them via drain
screws, and added specified amount of atf. Still seems too soft. I've only
found oil capacity listed as capacity, not as level or distance from top, which
seems like the preferred method to ensure equal and proper amou
Mine rattles as well
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>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Allen Thomas > > wrote:
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>>> Hopefully someone else on here with the experience chimes in but I'm
>>> pretty sure there is a procedure to reset the automatic tensioner.
>>>
al wrote:
>
> You cannot titen the ...replace it or it can damage cam shaft or
> valve.650...750 all the same I have replaced with 750 it works fine..
> Mustapha
>
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.replace it or it can damage cam shaft or
> valve.650...750 all the same I have replaced with 750 it works fine..
> Mustapha
>
>
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> From: Simon Ehrlich
> Sent: 6/16/2014 7:39 PM
> To: nighthaw...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [N
So I totally fell in love with this bike, even though the cam chain makes
an awful noise between 2 and 3.5k rpm. I figured it wasn't a major issue as
I had seen a video on an adjustment to tighten it up. Though now I realize
that was for different year, and mine is not adjustable. So I either li
