KTM 65 sx 2001 Fork help needed

[drjperrin]

Can anyone give me an idea of what to expect when I set about changing the fork seals on my son's bike. I performed the operation on my 2002 exc with the help of a great illustrated manual from WP making the task much simpler. Anyone know of a similar thing for the 65 forks?

 

[ktmdad]

The 01's are easy. Just take out the bolt at the bottom of the fork leg, assuming that you've already taken the fork cap off. Once you remove the bolt from the fork leg the forks come apart. Remove the retaining clip on top of the fork seal, pop the seal out and put the new on it.

 

[drjperrin]

Thanks...sounds a lot easier than my exc. Do you have any idea what oil level I should run??

 

[ktmdad]

we ran between 100 to 110mm.

 

[drjperrin]

Thanks DAD, I appreciate the time taken to respond.

john

 

[drjperrin]

How do I loosen the bolt ayt the bottom of the forks? It appears to spin without getting looser. I assume that I will have to hold the damper rod but have no idea how. Any ideas?