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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Un-happy suspension-'02 220
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[QUOTE="gwhII, post: 717568, member: 40778"] First off, I'm wordy. :-) I weigh a little more than you so ended up doing the fork springs/gold valves and rear shock spring. I'll include everything I ended up using. Its a real PITA when you need to order something and it lengthens the process by a week. Kawasaki parts took me a week from ordering to arrival. My costs are basically as follows: Aftermarket parts: Fork springs - $100 Gold valves - $149 2 Qt Silkolene 5wt - $24 Rear shock spring - $110 Needed specialty tools: in/lb torque wrench ft/lb torque wrench cartridge holding tool - can either be fabricated ~$7 or purchased from FRP for ~$25 9/16" grade 8 bolt double nutted to remove cartridge ~$2 soft jaws in vise shim to separate springs/preload from fork cap - sounds like you already have it. File. Metric tape measure. Breaker bar. Nice-to-have specialty tools: 43mm seal driver ~$60 (I would say its needed but there may be a way around it) Sag measurement tape ~$20 Fork oil syringe - can be fabricated or bought for ~$50 micrometer and/or dial caliper to measure shim thicknesses. 10mmx1.0 plug tap to thread a piece of tubing to make a rod holder. 2 6"x6"x3' plastic flower boxes/planters to keep both individual fork tube pieces together. Incidentals: I took my forks completely apart and munged the teflon coating on the outer bushings and so replaced both outer and inner bushings and the fork seals. The OEM seals and bushings added another $50. Like Smit was saying, no matter who you order from, mx-tech, race tech, etc, they'll ask you questions as to weight, type of riding, and skill level, and make recommendations. I went with race tech and set up my suspension a little on the firm side but I like it that way. You probably won't save money doing it yourself if you don't already have most of the tools, especailly the torque wrenches. It was a fun process and the intructional video with the gold valves was extremely helpful to me, especially since the Kawi valve and the gold valve only have the cartridge body and the 10mm top nut in common. Follow the video and the Kawi manual and it all works. The first leg took forever and the second took about a half-hour. :-) Best, Greg [/QUOTE]
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