It's easily the best maintenance video I have watched. Thank you for taking the time to create this. The detail and explanation as you went stage by stage was excellent. Explaining the alternate methods of overcoming the issue of not having special tools again brilliant. Thanks again. Steve
What a fantastic informative video log! It's perfect for anyone who has a little mechanical knowledge to fully disassemble and reassemble. Thank you for taking the time to make this! I'm going to do mine right now!
A bike 20 yr old or there abouts that has been parked on the side stand a lot will have corrosion damage on the rh fork will need this kind of strip down regardless of the level of maintenance. Great video. Thanks
Nice video, only he made a great fault at the end. Before fastening the lower forkbolts that fasten the axle you MUST first take the bike off the jack and compress the fork so the fork can aligne on the axle. Only after that action you may fasten the 8 mm bolts!!
thanks for the reply gonna give it a shot I just hope the 3/4 tubing trick works with mine the dealership tried discouraging me from doing it bc he said there is a special tool they have to get rid of the residual oil but I'm gonna try it well see how it goes thanks
Could you not have loosened that lower bolt whilst the stanchion was still clamped in the triple tree clamps? I'll be changing my thundercat bushes soon and I think that's how I'll do it, unless I'm missing something.
Maybe it's handy that the triple clamp would hold it however the lower bolt, the damper bolt, is screwed into a round part inside a round tube. So applying torque to the bolt it will likely just spin the assembly. So holding the fork leg in the clamp doesn't help break loose that bolt. The tension applied by the spring inside the fork is what might hold that in place. But you will likely over come that holding force. But if you use an impact driver it will break it loose. If you don't have that most likely you will need to use the square tubbing to hold the inner round damper in place so you can break free the bolt
excellent video. Followed it through today. when I finished though my one fork feels right, but the other is mushy / slower rebound... did them exactly the same. Any thoughts into the possible issue?
Hi i just brought a 1999 yamaha thundercat and the fork seals are leaking and i can't get one apart can you please tell me the size of the box tube that you used thanks Neil g
It's easily the best maintenance video I have watched. Thank you for taking the time to create this. The detail and explanation as you went stage by stage was excellent.
Explaining the alternate methods of overcoming the issue of not having special tools again brilliant.
Thanks again. Steve
Glad I’m not the only one that has to do this rn 😂
What a fantastic informative video log! It's perfect for anyone who has a little mechanical knowledge to fully disassemble and reassemble. Thank you for taking the time to make this! I'm going to do mine right now!
I want to thank you VERY VERY much for taking the time to make this video!!!!! You really helped me tackle this job on my 2003 Thundercat.
A bike 20 yr old or there abouts that has been parked on the side stand a lot will have corrosion damage on the rh fork will need this kind of strip down regardless of the level of maintenance. Great video. Thanks
Nice video, only he made a great fault at the end. Before fastening the lower forkbolts that fasten the axle you MUST first take the bike off the jack and compress the fork so the fork can aligne on the axle. Only after that action you may fasten the 8 mm bolts!!
Thanks for the video. This video helped me change the fork seals on a 1997 yzf1000
awesome video mate, I'm about to do the fork seals on my FZR 1000 1990 model, hopefully the process will be the same as this one. Cheers
Awesome video dude.. Going to do this to my 2001, forks feel like shit.
Thanks for all the little details, you sound like an engineer :)
I never said this the first time I used this video but thank you so much for this!
Saved alot of headaches, thanks man
thanks for the reply gonna give it a shot I just hope the 3/4 tubing trick works with mine the dealership tried discouraging me from doing it bc he said there is a special tool they have to get rid of the residual oil but I'm gonna try it well see how it goes thanks
This video is awesome. Can't thank you enough.
EXCELLENT HOW-TO VID!
Great video, explains everything in detail
Super nice how to. Well done!
Seriously thank you so much for this video
Great job! Thank you very much.
Could you not have loosened that lower bolt whilst the stanchion was still clamped in the triple tree clamps? I'll be changing my thundercat bushes soon and I think that's how I'll do it, unless I'm missing something.
Maybe it's handy that the triple clamp would hold it however the lower bolt, the damper bolt, is screwed into a round part inside a round tube. So applying torque to the bolt it will likely just spin the assembly. So holding the fork leg in the clamp doesn't help break loose that bolt. The tension applied by the spring inside the fork is what might hold that in place. But you will likely over come that holding force. But if you use an impact driver it will break it loose. If you don't have that most likely you will need to use the square tubbing to hold the inner round damper in place so you can break free the bolt
well done men. thanks for información........
Lost it with the oil sucker dude , if the assembly was complete then you just put in the required volume let it settle then put it back on the bike?
hi thanks for making this video i have the exact same bike as yours do you know the stock settings for compression and rebound front and back ?
excellent video. Followed it through today. when I finished though my one fork feels right, but the other is mushy / slower rebound... did them exactly the same. Any thoughts into the possible issue?
This was a big help.
Hi i just brought a 1999 yamaha thundercat and the fork seals are leaking and i can't get one apart can you please tell me the size of the box tube that you used thanks Neil g
3/4in aluminum from most anywhere, Lowes home dept, tractor supply, local hardware store
Thankyou very much great video keep it up Neil from England
What made you decide to use 7.5 vs 5 wt fork oil?
what is the size of the square tubing?
Nice video,bud your sound must go up. I can hear you very bad.
is this the same process on an 02 r6 contemplating doing them myself local shop wants 250 to do them with parts
similar but not the same. I bet you could figure it out if you can find the specs online. im sure there's a tutorial somewhere for it
3/4in
What dork oils did you use
Riding Red at this time I used maximal fork oil. I mixed the 10wt and the 5at 50/50 to make a 7.5. Stock is 5
I love my bike but this is a lot of work, lol..