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Since Flytrap had good results with his dealer adding 25mm shims and dropping the fork oil down to 5w I wanted to change the fork oil but didn't want to take the forks apart just to drain out the old oil.
Anybody dig into their forks? Could I insert a thin tube and use vacuum pump (like a brake bleeder tool) to pull out the old fork oil? Would make the job much simpler although I would have to go buy the vacuum pump.
Why don't they make forks like the old days, or even like Harley still does, where you just unscrew a small screw at the bottom of the fork leg and pump the forks to push out the old fork oil?
I guess they figured most owners wouldn't need to change fork oil very often so there isn't a quick way to do it.
Aloha,
Huladog
Anybody dig into their forks? Could I insert a thin tube and use vacuum pump (like a brake bleeder tool) to pull out the old fork oil? Would make the job much simpler although I would have to go buy the vacuum pump.
Why don't they make forks like the old days, or even like Harley still does, where you just unscrew a small screw at the bottom of the fork leg and pump the forks to push out the old fork oil?
I guess they figured most owners wouldn't need to change fork oil very often so there isn't a quick way to do it.
Aloha,
Huladog