Thank you kindly! I just replaced my seals and am now getting that rebound knock from the forks. What a ghastly noise. I'm afraid of the can of worms that awaits my trying to fix it.
Thanks to you, what would it take to change the fork's spring? I just got a new pair of progressive forks that I'd like to install. Would it include removing the handlebar- opening the upper fork bolt and just pulling out the old spring and inserting a new one instead?
That is exactly right. Make sure you have the bike on the center stand. Remove the handlebar, take the two top plugs out, pull the springs out about half way, hold them there to let the oil drip off, put the new once in and reassemble.
After refilling with fork oil, I am assuming that the top fill plugs are still loose to allow air to escape, when Troy “bounce “ the forks to let air escape. Correct?
Once you loosen the damper rod first you need to pull down on the fork slider. The pumping would be needed to get any trapped oil to come out the bottom as well. If you still have you front wheel installed you can just push down the fork while the bike sits on the center stand, just grab the front brake and push on your handle bar. I personally remove my front wheel and the fork brace. By doing that I can manipulate each fork leg individually.
Thanks for the video. The bottom threaded ring (#22 in your manual) is completely locked. What can I do to loose it and dissasemble? What do you suggest?
The threaded ring inside the fork slider isn't really torqued against anything. It is held in place by a circlip. After removing the circlip it should spin right out.
@@nestcard doesn't it have a set of grooves or holes? Try to screw it in farther, just a little bit. Inspect the threads maybe something is damaged in there. You could use a pick to clean the threads some. Washing it out with WD40 and compressed air might help too. I am assuming you are holding the fork leg on your hand and you can look in there.
