ClassicMotorcycleMechanicsJune2020

I

havespentsometime

sortingperipheralengine

parts(thoughGodknows

whattheimportantinternalbits

arelike)sonowIwanttoturn

myattentiontothecycleparts.

Ineededtosortoutthefrontbrake,

whichwascompletelyinoperative,aswell

asservicingandcheckingthebackbrake.

Thefrontforksealswereleakingasone

mightexpectanditwouldbeagoodidea

tocheckthesteeringheadbearingsatthe

sametime.

Theforksareverysimpleand

straightforwardtooverhaul.Iknowyou

canbuyaspecialtoolforthisjob,butmy

‘specialtool’toremovetheoldseals

(Photo 1 )workedok,asusual.Itisjusta

prybarwithastripofsheetsteelasa

backingtopreventdamagetothetopof

theforkcase.Thesealsareastandard

sizeandthusitisnotnecessarytoorder

specificYamahaparts.Minecamefrom

SimplyBearings,whoseproductsare

alwaysgoodandquicklydelivered.

Anothernotveryspecialtoolneeded

wasaverylargeAllenkey(Photo 2 )

forthetopcaps.Youcouldprobably

makeupsomethingusingalargenut

andbolt,butwhybotherasyoucangeta

wholesetofbigkeysfornotverymuch

thesedays?Admittedly,cheaponesare

notofRolls-Roycequality,buttheydo

thejob.

Markischeckingouttheforksandbrakesofhislatestpurchase.Whatdoeshefind?

Yamaha TX750 part 4 WO

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Fork foibles!

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