Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:16:40 +0100 - Message No. 2004
From: Martin Franz

Subject: Re: Re: Front fork oil


Mario Kuster wrote:
> To late.
> Last year I changed the oil and springs. I used THIS screws to change the
> oil and have no problems at all.
Just some words from the experts (so, definitly not from me :-)):

a common problem when closing the fork screw is, that the fork piston
will also start to spin. To avoid this...

When closing the fork screw, press the stand tupe completly in, to have
the "hit through damper" be correctly centered. After closing, you check
that by...

Simple: may be it is a good "trick" to use THOSE screws, maybe not. _I_
did not try, nor would I recommend that.

BTW: you need sealing for that screw. There will be oil in the "Gewinde"
(where the screw is screwed in). To correctly seal a screw, the parts
should be free of greece, oil and water. Otherwise the seal will not
hold. The screw may then get open...  maybe lot of trouble for a simple
oil change.

regards, Martin


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