Hey guys, first post on this forum, though i have been lurking for a long time. Ever since i owned my first suzuki, an 81 gs750. Always got great info here. Anywho.... now i've got an 85 GS700 with the air-ride front end. I noticed right away when i first bought the bike and was loading it up in the truck that there was a bad banging/clunking coming from the front end. Fast forward a few months and now that i've got the bike running and driving, and the front end air-ed up, the knocking still persists.
If i sit on the bike, hold the brake and thrust down hard, i can feel something inside the fork BANGing into the top of the tree. I figured the last guy may not have assembled them correctly so i pulled them. When i dropped the wheel, the forks de-compressed out to their full extension position, and once in hand i was able to compress them back and forth. The spring is definitely in there alright. I gave the triple tree's a good jiggle to make sure the bearings weren't bad. Doesnt seem to be the case.
On the road test, with the forks aired up to 3 or 4 PSI, the little cracks in the road i cannot feel, but if i hit even just the littlest bump the entire front end is hit with an extremely rattling BANG, which translates right into the bars and up my wrists. Ouch.
So that's my situation guys. I dont know a whole lot about these forks. So before i pulled them apart, i wanted to see if you guys had any words of wisdom to share. Cheers!
If i sit on the bike, hold the brake and thrust down hard, i can feel something inside the fork BANGing into the top of the tree. I figured the last guy may not have assembled them correctly so i pulled them. When i dropped the wheel, the forks de-compressed out to their full extension position, and once in hand i was able to compress them back and forth. The spring is definitely in there alright. I gave the triple tree's a good jiggle to make sure the bearings weren't bad. Doesnt seem to be the case.
On the road test, with the forks aired up to 3 or 4 PSI, the little cracks in the road i cannot feel, but if i hit even just the littlest bump the entire front end is hit with an extremely rattling BANG, which translates right into the bars and up my wrists. Ouch.
So that's my situation guys. I dont know a whole lot about these forks. So before i pulled them apart, i wanted to see if you guys had any words of wisdom to share. Cheers!
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