2007 90800km 1st fork oil change

Tdinova · Oct 14, 2016

Open heart surgery on the old girl
It has 90800 km and it's first fork oil change. Going real fast, wish I had the oil tonight so it would be done. Started at 530 til 730 and fork removed disassembled, cleaned and ready for oil. I did not remove or replace the seal....... Fingers crossed. I always live on the edge.

ToddC · Oct 15, 2016

With that many miles and never been changed......I bet your slider bushings are shot as well. Seals and bushings are cheap....compared to the time t takes to take apart. You should check them.......

ToddC

Tdinova · Oct 15, 2016

Too late all done. Small drive . No problem. My heart stopped twice when I thought I cross threaded the cap

tenny80 · Oct 16, 2016

ToddC said:
With that many miles and never been changed......I bet your slider bushings are shot as well. Seals and bushings are cheap....compared to the time t takes to take apart. You should check them.......

ToddC

I couldn't imagine doing all that work and not doing the bushings and seals!

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Bush · Oct 16, 2016

Tdinova said:
I always life on the edge.

Good to know in case I ever get offered to go flying with you!

ToddC · Oct 16, 2016

Bush said:
Good to know in case I ever get offered to go flying with you!

Oh Ouch!

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RaYzerman · Oct 16, 2016

tenny80 said:
I couldn't imagine doing all that work and not doing the bushings and seals!

And putting in some new springs tailored to your weight........

Al Gully · Oct 16, 2016

What did the fork oil look like. 136,000 Kms on mine, time to do it.

ToddC · Oct 16, 2016

Al Gully said:
What did the fork oil look like. 136,000 Kms on mine, time to do it.

It's gonna be black....! Buy a complete kit on line....All Balls has one. Guarantee your bushings are shot....

ToddC

Al Gully · Oct 16, 2016

Does the all balls (what a name lol) come with the bushings?

Kevcules · Oct 16, 2016

Tdinova said:
Open heart surgery on the old girl
It has 90800 km and it's first fork oil change. Going real fast, wish I had the oil tonight so it would be done. Started at 530 til 730 and fork removed disassembled, cleaned and ready for oil. I did not remove or replace the seal....... Fingers crossed. I always life on the edge.

What was the difficulty scale on this job? Anything to watch out for?
I'm going to do this also fairly soon and will be changing the spring spacer length. My front shocks are very stiff/lazy.

Tdinova · Oct 16, 2016

Bush said:
Good to know in case I ever get offered to go flying with you!

My son has the pilots license, I do all the 1st officers job.... almost. We done lots of fling around Edmonton, Rocky Mountain House, near Jasper and Leithbridge. He now fly's medivac out of Lac La Biche. Love my son..

ToddC · Oct 16, 2016

Al Gully said:
Does the all balls (what a name lol) come with the bushings?

You can get just seals and dust rings or a whole kit with all 4 bushings and seals. Quite reasonable as apposed to buying at the STealership...
:06biker:

ToddC

Tdinova · Oct 17, 2016

Al Gully said:
What did the fork oil look like. 136,000 Kms on mine, time to do it.

The oil was dark and blackish looking. I had no problems with the suspension, I just wanted something to do.

T_C · Oct 18, 2016

ToddC said:
It's gonna be black....! Buy a complete kit on line....All Balls has one. Guarantee your bushings are shot....

ToddC

111,000 miles on my original bushings. Seals were shot, but bushings still had lot's of teflon left on them. I was kind of surprised, but it is what it is. At first I thought they were worn, but then realized I was looking on the wrong side of the bushing for the teflon hatch marks.

My oil was grey... probably from having water getting leaked in and emulsifying.

ToddC · Oct 18, 2016

T_C said:
111,000 miles on my original bushings. Seals were shot, but bushings still had lot's of teflon left on them. I was kind of surprised, but it is what it is. At first I thought they were worn, but then realized I was looking on the wrong side of the bushing for the teflon hatch marks.

My oil was grey... probably from having water getting leaked in and emulsifying.

Do you think those bushings will go another 111,000 miles...??

ToddC

dwalby · Oct 18, 2016

ToddC said:
Do you think those bushings will go another 111,000 miles...??ToddC

My question is given the handling characteristics of the ST1100 (heavy, long wheelbase, etc.), would you even notice much difference between new or warn bushings ?

edit: just noticed this was on the ST1300 suspension forum, so I'll throw the same question out for the 1300 as well.

T_C · Oct 18, 2016

ToddC said:
Do you think those bushings will go another 111,000 miles...??

ToddC

We will see. Unless they start leaking I won't change/flush the oil for another 22 months. Will re-inspect the bushings then. So add 40k miles to the number.

I do think one think that helped was early on I removed the OEM springs and put in 1.2 Sonics. Considerably less bounce and movement on the front end. Less movement, less wear.

Tdinova · Oct 18, 2016

Well today I took my bike to work. The bikes suspension worked no better or worse than before. So for the ones that want to change their oil just because. ... my advise is leave it be unless you have a leaky seal. The manual says to inspect not replace. It was fun doing but a waste of money.... just because....

dwalby · Oct 18, 2016

Tdinova said:
Well today I took my bike to work. The bikes suspension worked no better or worse than before. So for the ones that want to change there oil just because. ... my advise is leave it be unless you have a leaky seal. The manual says to inspect not replace. It was fun doing but a waste of money.... just because....

I agree on no noticeable change, just like an oil change, it doesn't feel any different before/after. The main reason to change it more frequently is USUALLY the fork seals will last longer with cleaner oil, but you seem to be the exception to that rule.

2007 90800km 1st fork oil change

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