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06 Nov 2021 11:28 #857512 by Mikaw
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Need some help. I admit to being a “big dummy” as Fred Sanford would say. I thought I’d be slick and remove the fork lower axle studs before I sent the lowers out to be blasted. Well that was a bad mistake. I completely gooned up the first one so I decided to leave the rest alone. After vapor blasting I’m sure the studs will rust. Correct? I can’t find a listing for them separate from the fork lower. The one I pulled is 8mm x 48. I checked Partzilla and the lower axle holder is the same as used on several years of a 1000p. Unfortunately those fiche don’t show the stud separate. I checked the 1977 Ke250-B1 that is listed as using the same axle holder, it’s fishe does list the stud separately but calls it out as 8mm x 30, agin mine is 8mm x 48. If the size listed is not overall but the exposed installed length then I think it will work. Partzilla shows it next to a ruler and it appears to be about 1 7/8” maybe overthinking a $2.08 part but I’d like to get them replaced. 

 

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1980 KZ 750 E1
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21 Nov 2021 09:07 #858147 by Mikaw
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So I broke open the piggy bank and ordered the axle clamp studs. Along with a few other small item, I figured I might as well shipping was cheap. It turns out axle studs listed as 8 x 30 is actually the protruding (visible) length the new one match up the the old in overall length. 

 

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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22 Nov 2021 17:18 #858231 by Mikaw
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Should work. Stopped at the local hardware on the way home. 

 

 

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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27 Nov 2021 19:19 #858373 by Mikaw
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Cheap installing tool worked great



Forks rebuilt and in the yokes. Might be all I get done for a little bit. Can’t paint parts in 40deg temps.


1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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Jimi Hendrix.

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28 Nov 2021 05:48 #858381 by TexasKZ
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Looks like only about one inch of front suspension travel. I hope the roads are really smooth where you live. 

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28 Nov 2021 08:30 #858390 by Mikaw
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Looks like only about one inch of front suspension travel. I hope the roads are really smooth where you live. 
No springs inside yet. These get fork oil levels set without the springs. Forks are completely compressed. After I torqued the clamping bolts  I realized I might have to rotate the upper stantions to get the schrader valve where I want them after the upper caps are tighten. One of the OEM rear shocks has the rebound mechanism broken, so if I’m gonna buy new rear shocks I’m thinking of new front springs and eliminating the air ride, as Nessism always recommends. Winter has set in we got about 3” yesterday and throughout the night so I have time to build up the budget and upgrade a few things. And no she hasn’t fixed the damn roads here yet, I’ll need all the suspension I can get.

 

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
Kowledge Speaks, But Wisdom Listens.
Jimi Hendrix.
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28 Nov 2021 09:50 #858395 by Nessism
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Sonic springs are awesome.  Much better than stock, and no air to fuss with.

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28 Nov 2021 10:36 #858399 by Mikaw
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Sonic springs are awesome.  Much better than stock, and no air to fuss with.
Do you reuse the factory top caps or did you find an alternate cap

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
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28 Nov 2021 11:40 #858400 by Nessism
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Sonic springs are awesome.  Much better than stock, and no air to fuss with.
Do you reuse the factory top caps or did you find an alternate cap

I used the stockers.  The air valves are just decorations now.
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28 Nov 2021 11:45 #858401 by TexasKZ
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Looks like only about one inch of front suspension travel. I hope the roads are really smooth where you live. 
And no she hasn’t fixed the damn roads here yet, I’ll need all the suspension I can get.

 
Perhaps a conversion to kLR 650 suspension would be a better bet 

1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough

www.kzrider.com/11-projects/620336-anoth...uild-thread?start=24

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28 Nov 2021 16:01 #858413 by Mikaw
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Tex, we could use that upgrade here. Our roads are some of the worst around, despite several tax increases to fund the repairs. Come early spring it’s not uncommon to see 4-6 cars pulled off the road with two blown tires and busted rims each, after hitting a pot hole. Our current governor run her campaign three years ago on the slogan to fix the damn roads!  Just like all the shovel ready projects that never happened.

1976 KZ 900 A4 kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/613548-1976-kz-900-a4
1976 KZ 900 B1 LTD
1978 KZ 1000 B2 LTD
1980 KZ 750 E1
Kowledge Speaks, But Wisdom Listens.
Jimi Hendrix.

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28 Nov 2021 17:17 #858414 by TexasKZ
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I installed Progressive Suspension springs and shocks on my 750 LTD. They were a significant improvement over the stock pieces. So good in fact, that I really started to notice how wobbly the forks and frame were 

1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough

www.kzrider.com/11-projects/620336-anoth...uild-thread?start=24
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