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Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject:

Could be just a loose bolt in the bottom.

Next time when someone tells you to drop your forks don't take it literally. Laughing

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Shoganai · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject:

Shoganai · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject:

Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject:

Where did you get your forks turned? What was wrong with them? (I have some lightly pitted ones in the basement.)

Most importantly: HOW MUCH DID IT COST?
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

Shoganai · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:26 am Post subject:

Shoganai · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject:

Duck, I was mistaken, the forks sent to me in Alaska were not turned. They were just rebuilt.

Well, getting that busted fork back up and the wheel back on was a bitch. Evil or Very Mad

As I pushed it back up, oil oozed all over the place.

I had a cute little visitor that laughed his cute little tiny ass off at my antics.

Well, I found out the the BMW Special tools I wanted are no longer available.

Yes, know this job can be done without the cool tools, but I would liked to have had them to use.

I read Ted's string/screwdriver technique and have it printed out for later use. I also talked with Anton who worked on Jim's forks. Steve and I will work on them together because he's really good at this stuff.

Off to find a block of wood to support the bike so I can remove the forks, buy a new bra and get a hair cut.
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1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT

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Shoganai · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:

It gets worse

So, this morning I went looking for some wood to block the bike up and found this at a construction site in the trash pile.

And did this...

The bag supports the wheel so there's little resistance when pulling the axel out. Not to mention a ready supply of oil dry. Very Happy

Now this is where it gets all sideways

So I remove the drain plug from the left fork w/o difficulty, and what's left of the oil drains out well.

Then I try to remove the right drain plug and it spins freely but would come on out. I thinking, not always a good thing FWIW, but there I was thinking holy shit, did it strip the threads! Crying or Very sad

No, I thought, it felt right, but still no matter what I tried, it would not fall on out.

I ask Steve to come take a look.

Back the to left fork, it basically fell / came apart in our hands. So much so that the dogs, and all the spring guts fell out.

This was the damage on the inside.

We played around and installed the new spring set and with the fork out of the bike it was not too difficult to re-install the dogs and put the whole thing back together including the cap.

We were like this

That wasn't so hard, and far less hard than I imagined it being.

I start to mess this the right fork while Steve is testing / compressing the one we just assembled and I hear him saying "uh oh" Confused

He said, "I think the dogs fell out".

Sure enough, they did. Evil or Very Mad

Ok, on with the right fork. When I pulled it out of the bike it felt sloppy.

This is how we compressed the spring.
Steve is BRILLIANT with this stuff Cool

This is what we found inside. First, NO OIL!! None! And no evidence of leakage under the gaiter. WTF!

Ok, I take it back a little, here is all the oil we found.

And this is way the dogs fell out in the first place.

The one pictured on the left didn't have the shim that was in place on the right fork.

So to recap, I had TWO completely different failures for two completely different reasons.

The good news, the drain plug was just stuck because the o-ring was holding it in.

And FWIW, broom handles are great for removing the stuck sleeve and spring guide out of the right fork.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT

Nana korobi ya oki

Jim · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:29 am Post subject:

Gwen - your forks are a mess! No wonder you had trouble keeping that bike on the road!
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

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