Eville Rich
Well-Known Member
I'm doing a dump and fill of my fork oil ~17,500 miles. First time doing this. On both forks the oil started to dump fairly clear, but quickly clouded up to that nasty grey. I'm doing one fork at a time. Both forks had rebound and compression dials set to the last click counter clockwise. Both left to drain 24+ hours.
For the right fork, I dumped out 450ml. I was a little sloppy so added about 465. Buttoned up, reinstalled.
For the left fork, I dumped out 500ml. I was a little less sloppy, but not 50ml less sloppy. I'm questioning whether I should refill it with 500ml or something less. For my non-ES bike, references I see point to 485ml being in the forks if you do a full tear down, which is confirmed in the FSM. I see that for EAS models the FSM says 505ml for left and 493ml for right.
Is there any chance this was overfilled at the factory? Should I consider just refilling with my roughly 465ml for the left fork? I can't imagine I got everything out via my dump and fill and with a full 500 ml it's over the FSM spec, anyway.
Thanks for any insight.
Eville Rich
2016 S10
For the right fork, I dumped out 450ml. I was a little sloppy so added about 465. Buttoned up, reinstalled.
For the left fork, I dumped out 500ml. I was a little less sloppy, but not 50ml less sloppy. I'm questioning whether I should refill it with 500ml or something less. For my non-ES bike, references I see point to 485ml being in the forks if you do a full tear down, which is confirmed in the FSM. I see that for EAS models the FSM says 505ml for left and 493ml for right.
Is there any chance this was overfilled at the factory? Should I consider just refilling with my roughly 465ml for the left fork? I can't imagine I got everything out via my dump and fill and with a full 500 ml it's over the FSM spec, anyway.
Thanks for any insight.
Eville Rich
2016 S10