how do you remove front suspension valves?
- thestuz
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how do you remove front suspension valves?
tried unscrewing the hex head bolt under the bottom of my 01 cr5 . but as i turn them anti clockwise, they turn but are not coming out??? what gives?
do it!... cos if you dont, youll spend the rest of your life thinking about it anyway!
01 CR500
98XR600
94 FIREBLADE
ESTABLISHED 1977.
01 CR500
98XR600
94 FIREBLADE
ESTABLISHED 1977.
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- thestuz
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all good, i just used a rattle gun to get them out. took them to my tuner for a revalve and my suspension tuner said they had no slow speed dampening in them. just all high speed. he took out some high speed shims and replaced them with some low speed ones. well i just got the forks back together and its feeling much plusher. taking it out to the track on saturday for a test. will keep posted on how they ride.
do it!... cos if you dont, youll spend the rest of your life thinking about it anyway!
01 CR500
98XR600
94 FIREBLADE
ESTABLISHED 1977.
01 CR500
98XR600
94 FIREBLADE
ESTABLISHED 1977.
what tool? never needed anything special to get the bottom nut loosened before, done KTM's, YZ's and Showas, twin chamber and regular. I do have a few special tools to get the internals out of twin chamber forks once the bottom nut is loosened.100hp honda wrote:the special tool makes it alot easier.
09 TTM CR500AF
08 KTM 200 XC
08 Ducati Hypermotard
03 CR125
95 CR250
83 Husqvarna 125 XC
73 Maico MX250
08 KTM 200 XC
08 Ducati Hypermotard
03 CR125
95 CR250
83 Husqvarna 125 XC
73 Maico MX250
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i think the technical name is T handle tool / damper holder. its basically a piece of pipe with 4 prongs on one end and a T handle on the other. you take off the top fork cap and spring then put it inside and it holds the back side of the bottom bolt. it made life alot easier for me, no tipping the forks upside down, while trying to compress the spring, while trying to turn the bolt. someone may have been in your forks previously and didnt tighten the bolt back to the proper torque and thats why yours came out easy . there was a fork tutorial on the internet that mentioned to do it your way.....i tried it but the bolt is supposed to be 58lbft on the newer forks....... i quickly realized it was easier to use that holder tool rather than fuck around. to each their own i guess
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throw away your forks because you cant figure out how to take them apart ? . i was looking in the honda manual and it appears they come apart pretty much the same way as the newer forks and it says they both can use the same holder tool, race tech website also says '90-'01 uses the same tool. taking apart and putting back together the forks is a fairly easy job, usually couple hours with the help of a honda manual (some people maybe can do it quicker but thats what it took me). if you had a manual, you would of been riding your bike along time ago . $40 is a pretty small investment, considering it explains every detail about the whole bike.
For what I will have into these forks I can buy a nice set of the later cartridge style, dialed for my weight/riding style, thats where the the throw away thot comes from. The manuel doesnt address the problem I have. I am a service advisor at a Yamaha dealer and none of my techs know how to get around the problem and I sent them across town to the Honda dealer and they didnt know either. Posted several times about this and got no answers. Or maybe Im just soopid, laugh..... Thanks for your replys tho.
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