fork spring's done.

:pepper1: Hey Joe finished up the spring's, as promised the tool will ship
tomorrow back to mike.
BIG THANK'S :D some day will meet and i'll buy lunch.
maybe will meet at the rosemont bike show ( look 4 C.M.A. )
tent ask for me. fri or sat. JACK


P.S.

Hey Mike thank's for sending the tool in between job's
hope I did'nt put you out. 8)

[Smoken'JOE]

Excellant. This is what the "X" family is about :D

[slim shady]

how did the install go?

It was cold, but it actually was'nt to bad until I found that the rt. side was higher then the lt. then I had to back track to see if there was something I did wrong both damper rod's were exact in measurement. so when I lowered it for the third time I noticed that the rt. side damper could be pushed down a little so I did that and it brought it closer to flush when the fork cap's were checked. and the tube's at the bottom was the same height so I put back together and bounced it back and fourth and it seemed o.k.
I guess i'll find out when I get a chance to ride it. jack

[KIRKmfg]

That is normal. When I took off my front wheel the right side was 1/4" to 1/2" longer than the left. Just push it up and slide the axil through.

did it feel like there was more pressure on the side that was longer?
according to bareass there's a chance of problem's down the road!!!!!!!!!!!
how long have you been rideing it like that?


jack 8)

[jdchgo]

I just got two sets of X springs and am about to do this procedure...waiting on Bareasse's tool to make the rounds. Bike is in pieces for other fixes (like the ground fix and the pair removal...among other things...) Ill post up how it went :D

JD

i had the progr springs front and rear done and like them /

[jdchgo]

Reed Valves GONE...ground FIX done...second speaker OTW (burnt the first one with a little too much Gin/tonic and stupidity :oops: ) Radiator cover OTW...Clutch springs installed...Fork springs arrived now waiting my turn for "DA TOOL" from Bareass. Methinks Im next in line 8)

Bike looks kinda lonely this way :roll:
http://bigbikeriders.com/photopost/data/3646/2491Teardown.jpg

I tried to clean up the cable monster best I could...also clean up the HEAD look...maybe the LED color change on the SPEEDO is next...

JD

[slim shady]

mine were off with the exact measurement
so i adjusted the left nut

you set the left and right locknuts correctly (per our measurements) then both fork caps should bottom out at the exact same time. If there is a difference between the 2 then raise the forks again and fine tune the left fork until both caps bottom out on the forks at the same time. If you don't do this it can make removal and installation of the front tire difficult in the future as well as some other potential problems

[jdchgo]

Sean,
So you got it done by yourself then? Way to GO BRO! Im impressed...esp. after we dorked aruound with it, and finally got it right. Now for the "CLUNK" test :twisted: :twisted:

JD

[slim shady]

Sean,
So you got it done by yourself then? Way to GO BRO! Im impressed...esp. after we dorked aruound with it, and finally got it right. Now for the "CLUNK" test :twisted: :twisted:

JD
yeah it's done
the left fork was cross threading the first time
you notice right away
second try went in smooth as silk

test ride tommorow :wink: :D :D

[slim shady]

that fishing line instead of string
was the ticket

http://laramie.carpanet.net/image/brilliant.jpg

[jdchgo]

Bring that baby on over here...(and the tools too :D )

JD