Member Contributer burnes45 Posted February 7, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2015 Service manual says 412 cc's of 7 weight oil. Is this per leg or total? Should I use the 177 mm measurement and is this with the spring installed or not?? Is there a better setup? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gll429 Posted February 7, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2015 both legs.. drain the forks. let them drip while have a nice cup of tea or beer or whatever.. leave the springs , have the fully fork extended. slowly fill the fork. give the oil time to seep down ... the below info is for the 2nd gen... 12.1 oz in the right leg 12.5 in the left.. that simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted February 7, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2015 177mm is the standard, but you can reduce the airpocket if you like. The airpocket is measured without the spring. Tie a bit of string to the top of the damper rod, makes it easier to pull it up. Fill in a bit less that the required oil and pump the rod and stanchion say 10 times to remove any trapped air. Add a bit, pump again etc I would not worry if you are a few mm out or not. Never heard that you should put a little less/more in either leg..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gll429 Posted February 7, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2015 177mm is the standard, but you can reduce the airpocket if you like. The airpocket is measured without the spring. Tie a bit of string to the top of the damper rod, makes it easier to pull it up. Fill in a bit less that the required oil and pump the rod and stanchion say 10 times to remove any trapped air. Add a bit, pump again etc I would not worry if you are a few mm out or not. Never heard that you should put a little less/more in either leg..... blah blah blah.. you never heard hear it cause your not a motocicle tech HOWEVER.. i did make a mistake oops! wrong year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer burnes45 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2015 gll429 When you say both is that 412 per leg or 206 per leg?. Just need to know how much fork oil to buy. Thanks. They will have plenty of time drain while I replace the steering stem bearings. On a side note some one told me just to use ATF and not waste money on fork oil. Does not sound good to me but he says he has no problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFRBert Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Put a little bit to much oil in the leg. Use a big seringe with a tube attached to it. Mark 177 mm on the tube and suck up the exessive oil. Difficult to find a big seringe ? Visit your local vet. He has big seringe's. Tell him why you need one. (so he does not think, you are going to use massive amounts of forbidden substances to enlighten your brain.) Or have a wife working in hospital. (My wife supplies me the big seringe's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gll429 Posted February 8, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted February 8, 2015 412 per leg. or 13.9 oz and yes use ATF unless you plan on some how fine tuning this for for the track.. in fact most hondas up to the 90s, used ATF !!!! says so right in the manuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer burnes45 Posted February 8, 2015 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 8, 2015 Thanks gll429 I have plenty of ATF around and no I'm not going anywhere near a track, my skills are average at best. Thanks again now time to get to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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