CONTENTS
Fork components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 4
Taking down the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 5
Checking the head tube seats . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 6
Cleaning the wiper seal . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Air bleed screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 7
Draining the oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 8
Removing the pump assembly
and the foot valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 9
Separating leg from the leg holder
and removing the seal rings . . . . . Chap. 8 - 10
Overhauling and changing the adjustment
of the cartridge and the foot valve Chap. 8 - 11
Overhauling the cartridge
(rebound damping) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 11
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 11
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 12
Overhauling the foot valve
(compression damping) . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 12
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 12
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 13
Reassembling the fork leg and the sheath -
Fitting the seal rings . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 13
Reassembling the pump assembly
and the foot valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 15
Adding oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chap. 8 - 16
Reinstalling the fork on the vehicle . . Chap. 8 - 17
Removing the fork from the vehicle . . Chap. 8 - 18
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