"-'
0
Troubl
e
Recurrent heavy shoc
ks
in the front fo
rk
(bad shock
absorption)
Cause
5.
End pieces came un-
screwed from the
spr
i
n~
I.
No
oil
in
the front fork
due to leakage
2.
Front fork
sprin~s
lost
e
la
sticity
Symptoms
and
faull
tra
dng
I. Take out the drain screw
of fork
l
e~
end piece (located
at
the bottom), c
he
ck the pre-
sence of
oi
l (130 cm
3
of
oi
l is
r
eq
uired ior each fork leg).
Locale
oi
l leakage
by
inspec-
tion
2.
Dismantle
th
e fork, re-
move the
spr
in
~s
and check
Continued
Remedy
5.
After
unscrewin~
th
e
clamp nut, check and,
if
ne-
cessary,
sere,,· up the end pie-
ces
I.
If
oil
is
leaking through
the drain screw, screw up
th
e
latter lightly
after
first clean-
in~
the
gasket
washer. Hal·-
in~
undone the clamp nul
of
fork leg tube, fill oil into the
fork and make
sure
the1·
e IS
no leakage.
If
o
il
leaks from under lllc
axl
e.
partially
di
smantle the
fork (remove lhe
whc~l,
screw
oif the ci;:Hilp nut on the tra-
\'l'I'Se, unscrew the gland hous-
ing
on
fork leg end piece, re-
mo,·e end pieces together with
sho
ck
absorbe
r}.
In
this case oil may leak
from under lhe s
ho
ck ahsorhcr
holtom.
Eliminate the l
eakage
by
lightening the bolt.
Pour
in
kerosene to check the tight-
ness. Assemble the fork
and
fill it
wi
lh o
il
, make sure
th
ere
is
no
l
ea
ka
gc
2.
Repa ir the fork. Repla
ce
lite springs
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