Help ... fork oil / fluid
  • jt1872001
    Help ... fork oil / fluid

    by jt1872001 » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:15 am

    I need to replace my fork seals and polish the tube it has nicks. The suspension was revalved by rg3 and they used 5wt torco. all I can find locally is the honda 5wt fluid. Is this going to be a problem? I know not all oils are the same even if they are rated the same. Any help would be appreciated .Thanks
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    by jt1872001 » Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:38 pm

    Well I rode my bike in Ocotillo wells this weekend. I would say that the Honda fork fluid has the same feel as the RG3 stuff.
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    by Asmith » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:28 pm

    jt1872001 wrote:Well I rode my bike in Ocotillo wells this weekend. I would say that the Honda fork fluid has the same feel as the RG3 stuff.


    Good to know. Thanks for the update.
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    walkmnn
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    by walkmnn » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:04 pm

    JT,
    Im about to redo the front fork seals on my 04 250x. Any tricks? How did you polish out the nicks?
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    by jt1872001 » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:13 pm

    I polished out the knicks with crokus cloth. My neighbor said that ross at enzo uses a stone?
    As far as tricks. I just watched the youtube video from another site.com
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    walkmnn
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    by walkmnn » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:55 pm

    well,
    I just finished my first front suspension job, replaced the oil seals and dust seals. I put in 12oz. plus the oil in the fork rod of 7 wt maxima fork oil. This has to be the messiest job I had ever done. There was fork oil all over the place. I was able to polish out a nick and it seems to be doing OK. If anyone is planning on doing this, its not that bad but it is nice to have the seal seating tool. It is nice to have the youtube video as reference.

    Walkmnn
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    by jjrace » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:39 pm

    The Honda fork fluid in the black bottle that is pinkish in color is the same as the Torco RFF.
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