{"id":30709,"date":"2021-11-27T20:55:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T11:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:29","slug":"gsx1100s-inspection-front-maintenance-inner-tube-replating-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20211127\/everyday-events\/gsx1100s-inspection-front-maintenance-inner-tube-replating-2","title":{"rendered":"GSX1100S Inspection + Front maintenance + Inner tube replating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The replating and polishing creates a crystal-clear finish with quality that surpasses new.

That’s really something to be grateful for, isn’t it? (*^-^*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re making steady progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Let me just confirm this. It doesn’t budge at all… that’s amazing… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s best to make sure rod bolts slide in smoothly.
These kinds of bolts are becoming discontinued at an alarming rate. What do people do when they strip one?? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I seal fluorine grease into the oil seal lip.
You might get smoother action and better leak resistance. Fluorine grease Molykote <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now I can check the spring rate with a spring tester.
It came out to 7.5 N\/mm. That’s really helpful… (*^-^*)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After vacuum bleeding and oil level adjustment, the fork OH is complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were planning to replace the stem bearings, but the condition was good so we reused them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The aftermarket stopper was loose too, so we tightened it and applied Loctite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We sealed in Neutech NC100 grease and got nice, responsive steering. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check first, check second. Let’s make sure everything assembles smoothly as we go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The axle shaft is fine too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s good to clean the speedometer gear too.
Some people slather grease all over it from the outside, but… I don’t see the point… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We cleaned the underside of the fender nicely too (‘\u03c9’)\u30ce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A frame stand really is convenient… I’m pretty sure it would be a product that sells well… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how we usually hang it.
When you let the bike hang loose during front-end work, it puts a lot of stress on various parts, so you need to be careful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, in the cold weather, we’re done! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The replating and polishing creates a crystal-clear finish with quality that surpasses new. That’s really something to be grateful for, isn’t it? (*^-^*) We’re making steady progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[76,275,198,122],"class_list":["post-30709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-front-maintenance","tag-gsx1100s","tag-katana","tag-vehicle-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709","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=30709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}