{"id":76090,"date":"2010-09-27T17:40:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T08:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=76090"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:58","slug":"gsx-r1100-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-front-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20100927\/everyday-events\/gsx-r1100-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-front-2","title":{"rendered":"GSX-R1100 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection and Front maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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Slide metal. Since there’s a joint, we orient it toward the rear side (caliper side).
\nI’d like it to make solid contact with the front of the inner tube, roughly speaking. \u2606
 
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Once it’s in, you can barely tell anyway, so we do it “just for good measure.”
\nInner tube metal adjustment is “\u25ce\u00d7\u25a1\u266a” and
 
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We generously fill the oil seal lip with fork oil or, lately, metal rubber, and assemble it.
\nGrease sealing sometimes leaves only dried-up residue, so we use liquid here. \u2606
 
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The inner tube is rusty. \u2606 Don’t worry\u2014we’ve cleaned off the rust. \u2605
\nChecking the dust seal movement. Modern seals move really smoothly\u2014I’m impressed.
\nWe’ll assemble it as is. \u2605
 
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Metal\/washer\/oil seal\/clip\/dust seal assembled state\u2014”stroke it fully”
\n“Full extension\u2014full bottom\u2014full extension\u2014full bottom” and then we tighten it.
\nThere’s surprisingly a lot of play between the bottom case and rod, so centering here makes quite a difference in how it moves.
 
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The meter gear lip here is also working, but it’s adequate, so we called it good with lubrication. \u2605
\nWhat the heck! It’s already 6 PM\u2014
\nWhoops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

   Slide metal. Since there’s a joint, we orient it toward the rear side (caliper side). I’d like it to make solid contact with the front of the inner tube, roughly speaking. \u2606   Once it’s in, you can barely tell anyway, so we do it “just for good measure.” Inner tube metal adjustment is “\u25ce\u00d7\u25a1\u266a” and    We generously fill the oil seal lip with fork oil or, lately, metal rubber, and assemble it. Grease sealing sometimes leaves only dried-up residue, so we use liquid here. \u2606   The inner tube is rusty. \u2606 Don’t worry\u2014we’ve cleaned off the rust. \u2605 Checking the dust seal movement. Modern seals move really smoothly\u2014I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[88,55],"class_list":["post-76090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gu74","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76090","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=76090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}