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10-03-2005, 12:38 PM
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| Clunked into first gear   Join Date: Jul 2005
Bike: '82 Suzuki GS650L
Location: Sparta, MI (-85.69978/43.16359)
Posts: 221
|  Front Fork Tubes
Ok, So I was replacing my fork seals this weekend, and the forks were very difficult to get out of the tree. I didn't really think anything of it, cuz the bike is 23 years old, and its probably the first time the tubes have been pulled. Well, turns out that the upper tubes are slightly bent, not enough to cause the forks to bind, but enough that the tube does not line up with the upper clamp of the triple tree when both forks are on the bike. My questions are: 1) It is normal to have some "bow" in the upper tubes? The runout is probably only .0625" 2) If not normal, is this OK? Do I just need to screw with the forks until I get the bow the right way? I looked in the Factory Service manual, and didn't see a spec for this. As a side note, this probably explains why the bike pulled to the left with no steeering input from me. Thanks in advance for any info. |
