RE: [ST] DIY Fork Maintenance

["Jeremy Witt" <jeremyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been inside Hawk forks twice now, which are nearly identical (same
diameter, same damper rod setup) Showa and from what I've seen, heard
and read, bushings rarely need service in the first 75-100k miles.  

Also, a very cheap fork seal driver can be made up from a foot long
piece of PVC pipe with a length-wise strip removed and the "C"-shaped
pipe adjusted to the proper diameter with a hose clamp.   

YMMV

Jeremy Witt
Field Engineer
Corrugated Networking Services Inc.
Office: 603-703-0365



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Subject: [ST] DIY Fork Maintenance

Anyone out there take apart their forks themselves or have witnessed the
act???   I'm thinking about putting in RT emulators and would like to
just
do a complete maintenance of seals and bushings at the same time, but I
can't find much info on bushings.  RT lists bushings for "a" Sprint but
I've learned not to trust listing by vendors on Triumph parts especially
when the parts list I have only has one bushing.

Thanks,
Rod


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