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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