Fork oil...
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Re: Fork oil...
08 Aug 2012 16:01 - 08 Aug 2012 16:04lushbaugh wrote: ... wondering if i can use motor oil in place of shock oil....
YES, perfectly okay.
And that would be new motor oil. :lol:
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Re: Fork oil...
08 Aug 2012 21:31
Don't know if equally applicable to LTD, but here's what the FSM says about 1978 KZ1000-A2:
After changing oil, pump forks several times to expel air.
SAE 10W20; apx 160 cc when changing, or 180~188 cc when dry.
420 mm (16.5") level measured from top of inner tube.
Don't over fill.
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After changing oil, pump forks several times to expel air.
SAE 10W20; apx 160 cc when changing, or 180~188 cc when dry.
420 mm (16.5") level measured from top of inner tube.
Don't over fill.
Good Fortune!
1973 Z1
KZ900 LTD
KZ900 LTD
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Re: Fork oil...
09 Aug 2012 22:51After all these years of me preaching about how great synthetic motor oil works in these front ends compared to that 10w fork oil crap somebody else actually tries it! hooray!lushbaugh wrote: I put the 30 in and its glorious. Nice and stiff but still dampens the gut shakers
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