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Thanks
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I was wandering the meaning and function of that little groove in the front wheel spacer... the one on the right side... opposite to the disk... (on the left side i have no spacer but the abs wss instead)
I have searched on some microfiches and fsms... in some the groove of the spacer is near the wheel side... in others the groove is toward the outer side...
Looking closely at the item... that but for the groove is simmetric... so i cannot grasp why they carved that groove in the spacer at all...
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Originally Posted by Nibelungen
...i cannot grasp why they carved that groove in the spacer at all...
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I think it's just to make it easier for the folks assembling the bike to know they have the correct spacer.
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It shaves weight off th bike, he, he!
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Maintenance is well done. And your pup seems satisfied with your job!
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Originally Posted by Tomcatt
I think it's just to make it easier for the folks assembling the bike to know they have the correct spacer.
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phoned the chief mech at the dealer
is exactly like you guess
so
no matter at all if the groove is toward the hub or the slider side... it is a logical explanation since apart for the external groove... the right spacer is symmetric
nonetheless that.... I have preferred to ask... better safe than sorry speaking about wheels
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Little groove if for tooling, self center in the tool.
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The first time I changed my fork oil I compressed the fork and the oil missed the container I had to contain the fork oil and it squirted all over the floor making a huge mess. Second time I took a milk jug and cut a slot in it so it covered the drain hole and caught all the oil.
Since then I have found an easier way, I drop the bike off at my Indy so he can smell the stinking fork oil. Yes, I am getting lazy as I age ...
Glad you got it changed and noticed the improvement
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ParrotHead
The first time I changed my fork oil I compressed the fork and the oil missed the container I had to contain the fork oil and it squirted all over the floor making a huge mess. Second time I took a milk jug and cut a slot in it so it covered the drain hole and caught all the oil.
Since then I have found an easier way, I drop the bike off at my Indy so he can smell the stinking fork oil. Yes, I am getting lazy as I age ...
Glad you got it changed and noticed the improvement
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I am built the other way round...
when younger i had more more interesting things to be committed in than to wrench on my bike... kids stuff i thought then... so I dropped the bike at the profs...
now i am aged
like IT guy i have a lot... a lot of pressure...
wrenching on my bike... overcoming a bit my limits each time... is one of my waste gate valves
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibelungen
...poured the old oil in a transparent can... and replaced the same quantity plus a little bit...
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When I first started working on my forks ('17 1200C) I checked the oil levels before I drained the forks. As delivered they were way off of spec heights.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomcatt
When I first started working on my forks ('17 1200C) I checked the oil levels before I drained the forks. As delivered they were way off of spec heights.
Just FWIW.
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yeah I read it... and I have made the same bad thoughts...
but my suspensions... like said in other posts... were always been ok for my weight 72 kg (158 lbs)... so I suppose on my bike quantities were ok since from the factory
front fork were decent compared to the old Hugger... and even better with a Superbrace (I am speaking of a stock EFI 883 performance and not about a CBR1000)
rear shocks... like all intl. models... have the emulsion one of 13.5" dimensions and not 11.5"
so i was pretty satisfied like that... overtime... after 5 years and 90k kms all in mountain... the bike was sagging on the front a bit more than she should... so I copied your suggestion and changed the fork oil... like stated above in previous posts
now I am pretty satisfied again...
p.s. maybe this explains why you were so disappointed about your forks (wrong quantity of oil) and shocks (a mere 11.5")
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