It’s not really a surprising technique.
It’s a small trick worth knowing about.
By the way, this only works with “upright forks,” so please note that.
Have you ever experienced fork oil leaking just days or months after changing it?
“Even six months or a year is a pain,” right?
Ideally, it would last until the next overhaul…
This time, when you think “oh no, this might be bad,” please feel free to use this technique.
*Might work on used bikes too?
What you’ll need to prepare:
・A container for used fork oil
・Tie-downs (ratchet type)
・A funnel or printed paper (like from a magazine)
・A heat gun (just in case of seizing)
・Extra fork oil
First, save the fork oil you’ve drained from “both sides.”
You might not have enough, so prepare some extra fork oil just in case.
Insert the funnel and extend the fork to “full extension.” Stretch it out fully and fill it with
“as much oil as possible.”
If you skimp here, it won’t work at all.
Lightly tighten the fork cap and you’re ready to go.
Set up the front fork in the compressed direction.
*Don’t put stress on it in the folding direction.
Set it up so the fork doesn’t bear any unnecessary strain.
You don’t need to tighten it so hard that it goes “click-click” – it will still “come out.”
If it still won’t come out even with “click-click” tightening, then it’s either “seized” or “something’s wrong.”
No way! Absolutely not! Don’t force it (*´з`)
Keep that in mind as you proceed.
It comes out with a sound like “click-click… pop!”
Be careful because fork oil will get messy.
Sometimes it can be tough.
In those cases, warming it up with a “heat gun” will make the work go much more smoothly.
( ﾟДﾟ) Here’s what I introduced this time
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