{"id":29368,"date":"2022-02-21T16:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=29368"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:46:02","slug":"gs750-repair-and-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20220221\/everyday-things\/gs750-repair-and-running","title":{"rendered":"Repairing and running the GS750."},"content":{"rendered":"
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February is flying by\u2026

Starting this year, we’re firmly closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
On Mondays, we may go for inspections, but we don’t handle any work including intake or delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let’s go ahead and assemble the front fork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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I’ve already laid out the groundwork last month, so now it’s just assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dual-stage spring really shows the age of this machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought the GSX1100S Katana fork springs might fit\u2026
but I was way off. <\/p>It’s 35mm diameter, after all\u2026\n\n\n\n

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I could machine the cylinder rod holes, but\u2026
for now I’ll keep it stock. There were four 6.4mm holes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If bolts don’t slide in smoothly, there’s no point in tightening them.
First comes cleaning, second comes cleaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We seal the oil seal lip with fluorine grease during assembly.
MOLYCOTE and DuPont\u2014just hearing those names sounds like quality\u2026 or is it just me? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZ BGR-002 Bicycle Fluorine Grease 100% Pure [Long-Term Lubrication] 5g BG011<\/a> Fluorine grease is surprisingly interesting\u2014you should keep some on hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We vacuum-bleed it to properly purge all the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that’s how the front fork is complete! (^_-)-\u2606

The appearance is pristine, and we’re happy with the finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have a bit of a hoarding habit, so I stock various backup rings.
Some of them quietly get discontinued\u2026

Machining them on the lathe is a pain, so I keep usable ones in stock each time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It fits perfectly in this case and looks great.
A humble detail.

I’ll keep working on it when I get a chance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February is flying by\u2026 Starting this year, we’re firmly closed Mondays and Tuesdays. On Mondays, we may go for inspections, but we don’t handle any work including intake or delivery. So let’s go ahead and assemble the front fork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[417,421],"class_list":["post-29368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-things","tag-gs750","tag-gs750-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}