My Honda CBR400RRn NC29 Project Bike Part2 - Fork Rebuild
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, 24th August 2017 at 02:18 (54336 Views)
And here they are with the new tubes and seals fitted, ready for fast and furious action, almost...
I also managed to find and ordered a set of collars as the ones on the legs were in bad shape.
I found that the old collars had been glued with some sort of epoxy onto the legs, I am not sure if that was done in the factory but its didn't look very professional so I am assuming somebody who really clumsy and hates bikes did it. Needless to say removing them was not easy and required a fair bit of brute force.
I wont go into all the nitty gritty of how to install seals as its easy enough to find the info online. The hardest part for me was seating the seals as I didn't have a tool for that job. I did the old trick of using the old seals to help seat the new ones but I think if I did this again i would make a tool from a piece of pipe to make the job simpler.
Fitting the new collars also was a right pain in the ass as they are a very tight fit, I ended up having to file a chamfer on the edges and lightly sand the inside of them and only then I was finally able to get them onto the tubes. I used the old collars to help seat the new ones.
Filling them was simple enough once I knew how much oil to add and how to add it.
Millions of videos just here on how its done:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...forks+with+oil
My next issue was the base of the legs as they were in unhappy shape and in need of some attention.
It turns out that scotchbrite pads are awesome for this job so I used those along with some drill attachments for removing surface rust and that worked pretty good.
and some more buffing later ...
and then finally a few hours later ...
and old vrs cleaned.....
I have a new buff that I am going to use to polish them a bit more, but I am dealing with the dash and front fairing stay at the moment. After that's done I will revisit this job and finish it.
Go here to see the dash and fairing stay blog https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/e...g-Stay-Restore