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« on: December 26, 2017, 08:52:03 AM » |
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Anybody drilled and taped the inverted forks so you could drain the oil out with forks still on ?
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flash2002
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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2017, 10:28:38 AM » |
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I thought about doing that on my bike then I figured it was best to take it apart. If i'm going to change the oil I rather have all the parts clean ( get all the crap out ) at the same time check for worn parts.
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Fazer
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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2017, 01:45:09 PM » |
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Rider Magazine had a tech article on this subject, although not specific to Valks. According to the author, it is possible, but when the drain hole is designed as OEM, there is a flat spot where the bolt/washer would seat, and the area is thickened for threading. They did not recommend drilling and tapping, but did not not recommend either. I was able to drain at the bottom on my Shadow, but not, as you know, on the
Valk.
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da prez
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2017, 05:20:44 AM » |
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It is a short cut to disaster.
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2017, 06:10:24 PM » |
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It is a short cut to disaster.
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2017, 07:12:45 PM » |
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was done by some yrs ago on this board. search here and fav search engine might bring it up, if not it was in the archives.
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turtle254
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« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2017, 07:43:18 PM » |
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was done by some yrs ago on this board. search here and fav search engine might bring it up, if not it was in the archives.
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Tfrank59
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2017, 06:41:07 PM » |
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So it's possible to drain the fluid with the forks still on you just have to find a way to suck it out of there, some kind of a syringe with a very long hose attached or something. I know I've read a post on this forum about that maybe they didn't drain all of it but they drained some because I guess they had overfilled the forks or something
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-Tom
Keep the rubber side down. USMC '78-'84
'98 Valkyrie, ‘02 VTX 1800, '96 Royal Star, '06 Drifter, '09 Bonneville, '10 KTM 530, '04 XR 650, '76 Bultaco, '81 CR 450, '78 GS 750...
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2017, 01:59:14 AM » |
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You might get some oil out from the top, but you won't get all of it out. What about all the crap sitting on the bottom, how you going to get that out? When you fill with oil how will you know how much you have in there. I know it's a pain to take them apart but it's the best way.
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Tfrank59
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2017, 03:14:13 AM » |
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Well the crap sitting at the bottom, if there is any, it's probably a broken up seal or something and it wouldn't come out through a small drain hole anyway. You need to take the forks all apart to clean that stuff, just like you mentioned in your post earlier. this idea about sucking it out through the top is for somebody who just wants to change the oil or remove a bit of it. Actually, there is not much reason to change fork oil is there? If there's been some sort of failure with the seals as I said that's when you need to do a rebuild and have the forks apart anyway
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