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Anonymous Posted on Mar 02, 2011

How to change fork seals on usd forks on kwak meanstreak and how much oil to refill

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Having removed the forks, you will need to undo the lower damper bolt first, this is located on the recess inside the fork where. The spindle goes through, this will then alow you to remove the oil from the fork, and the leg will then be free from the stancion moving freely down, if the fork doesnot come apart, you will have to remove the retaining clip from the seal and pull the fork apart sliding the fork leg up the stancion and sharply pulling down on it to pull the seal out, repeat this till theseal comes out, (tip) undo the fork top nut while the forks are still fitted to the bike.

  • leif-anders May 09, 2011

    Is it the same with the left forkleg? The right one has the bolt from the bottom, the left has not. Is it just to pull it out after removing the top nut?

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