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stupid 83 gs750t forks question

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Hi. Forks **** in oil everywhere.

Taking them off following manual. and it has those air valves in the top. So they're loose, and next step is to loosen the caps. The caps are the things with the air valves on them and aren't bolt shaped. They're like square and not conducive to wrenching.

Question. Do I try to loosen the square cap of the fork that has the air valve in it. Or is the book not differentiating between straight forked bikes and front whatever fork bikes?

Tia
 
Alright, so the the has to come off. I'm stumped as to how to take the thing off though. Hold on to the slick cylinder and use a wrench that kinda fits? The **** is this.

The fork cap with air vent has beaten me.
 
Poke around and find basscliff link from the main GS Resources page. There are step by step instructions.

Ed
 
Yeah. I have that walkthrough and it's helpful, Definately more colorful than the book. But same problem.

All they say is "remove the fork cap" and the next pic it's removed. Like bam. And here I am struggling for like 2 days on it. Just wondering if there's a trick before I break the thing. You know?
 
Can't you put small bar into vent fitting hole and give it a twist, maybe some light tapping as you twist?
 
I put a m8 1.0 1 inch long bolt and tried moving it. The thing won't move. Meh I didn't want to have to torch it.
 
Sometimes it's good to walk away from it and then re-engage. I did it when I rebuilt the front caliper and MC on my "T".

Of course, you can also YouTube search the process. Lots of different avenues to complete the job. Good luck.

Ed
 
Remove the air valve, a socket will go over the fork cap then. I did that to Ed's bike to get his off. Now putting in back on is a different animal, took a bit more work. I let Ed do that part lol. After that just get a plug for where the air valves went and trash those air valves.
 
Fork Work

Fork Work

Oh yeah! Thanks for reminding me Bill. I used the over-sized socket (forgot the size) and carefully torqued it off so as to not strip the top of the head. I shoulda took pics...they really are worth a thousand words.

Ed
 
GSXR7ED said:
Oh yeah! Thanks for reminding me Bill. I used the over-sized socket (forgot the size) and carefully torqued it off so as to not strip the top of the head. I shoulda took pics...they really are worth a thousand words.

Ed
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Yup, though you were too busy laffing your ass off when your fork pooped on me...remember lol.
 
mrbill5491 said:
Yup, though you were too busy laffing your ass off when your fork pooped on me...remember lol.
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Oh, I gotta find that pic now Bill. It was a crime scene.

Ed


EDIT: Here are the "Crime Scene Pics". I wasn't laughing at you Bill....buahahahahaha!!!






 
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I just use a Crescent Wrench and turn them while the forks are still clamped up. Just make sure the triple tree clamps aren't pinching the top cap before you start. Undo the top bolts on the triple tree that clamp the fork tubes and see if that helps.

Assuming we're talking about #28 in the picture below:
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Fork Bolt

Fork Bolt

Man, I wish I woulda taken a pic of this job when it was being done. The handlebars were removed and you could see the bolt (#28) that holds the spring down in-place. Here's the only pic I have that provides a view of the area in question:



I notice that item #28 is not available to order based on the snapshot provided. Be very careful not to break this bolt...


Ed
 
I had taken the forks out. Which was my mistake. Fittef them back in and cranked them down, huge ass adjustable wrench and some elbow grease and it came out. Yay! Thanks for the assist forumites.
 
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