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USD Fork Oil
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:36 pm
by Mori Man
I am just about to overhaul my H model USD's and just wanted some ponters as to what oil to use.
Am I right in saying it is Grade 0 and 405ml +-2ml per leg?
Is there a prefered brand?
Having never done this before I am going to create an overhaul thread for other "virgin" overhaulers!
Any tips for an easy rebuild would be much appreciated
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:16 pm
by masterofinsanity
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:44 am
by Mori Man
Thanks MI, that'll be a great help - will probably use Kawasaki's own oil for the job.
Will let you know if I'm left with a pile of parts afterwards
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:47 pm
by gubbs
Halfords charged me £12.99 for 500 ml of synthetic fork oil.
I was robbed!
Make sure you aren't.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:15 pm
by greengoblin
I followed Diesel's guide and found it excellent !!
Treated the bike to Silkolene Fork oil and they're smooth as you like now
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:19 pm
by Mori Man
To save on time I woosed out of doing the overhaul myself
The shop is only charging 28quid to do both legs and I got a litre of Yamaha's USD oil for 9 quid - couldn't arque with that so handed them in with the bag of bushes and seals.
This has given me time to get other parts pre-paired and finished, will pick up th forks tomorrow night and install on Thursday all going to plan
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:40 pm
by gubbs
Drew San wrote:To save on time I woosed out of doing the overhaul myself
The shop is only charging 28quid to do both legs and I got a litre of Yamaha's USD oil for 9 quid - couldn't arque with that so handed them in with the bag of bushes and seals.
This has given me time to get other parts pre-paired and finished, will pick up th forks tomorrow night and install on Thursday all going to plan
£28 !? Bargain ...
Its only a 30 min job, but most places will still charge £50+ for _anything_