I just got done changing fork oil on my '02 XR650R (KYB forks)
bike has about 5 or 600 miles and ive been hearing stories about the stock oil being a stringy goey mess (ie: defective junk) to make a long story short, it wasnt. The oil was fine, but i had already dumped it into a dirty coffee can, and couldnt reuse it. :think:
Anywhos, whilst i had the other fork leg turned upside down to drain it (might as well do em both right?) i pushed the fork tube up and down to help pump the old oil out, and i think i may have extended the tube a bit much.
I extended it till i noticed some openings start to appear on the side of the tube, and a bit of oil leaked from them (making a bit of a mess) the tube slid back into place good enough, and seemes to function fine.
Once i had the proper amount of oil (4 1/2" from top of tube w/o springs installed) added and the whole shebang back together an on the bike, i noticed that there is a small bit of fork oil film on the fork in question.
I wiped it dry and pushed the forks up and down again. Each time there apears to be less oil film on the fork tubes.
Did i just trap some oil in a space between the seal and the outer wiper/seal, or did i "blow it up" or something??
There is no oil puddling on the outer seal/ridge at the top of the lower fork body.
Gawd this stuff was so much easier on my '82!!!! :| :|
PS: is PJ1 "fork tuner" fork oil any good? thats what i used. :confused:
bike has about 5 or 600 miles and ive been hearing stories about the stock oil being a stringy goey mess (ie: defective junk) to make a long story short, it wasnt. The oil was fine, but i had already dumped it into a dirty coffee can, and couldnt reuse it. :think:
Anywhos, whilst i had the other fork leg turned upside down to drain it (might as well do em both right?) i pushed the fork tube up and down to help pump the old oil out, and i think i may have extended the tube a bit much.
I extended it till i noticed some openings start to appear on the side of the tube, and a bit of oil leaked from them (making a bit of a mess) the tube slid back into place good enough, and seemes to function fine.
Once i had the proper amount of oil (4 1/2" from top of tube w/o springs installed) added and the whole shebang back together an on the bike, i noticed that there is a small bit of fork oil film on the fork in question.
I wiped it dry and pushed the forks up and down again. Each time there apears to be less oil film on the fork tubes.
Did i just trap some oil in a space between the seal and the outer wiper/seal, or did i "blow it up" or something??
There is no oil puddling on the outer seal/ridge at the top of the lower fork body.
Gawd this stuff was so much easier on my '82!!!! :| :|
PS: is PJ1 "fork tuner" fork oil any good? thats what i used. :confused: