Unfriended too.So, the truck caught fire and the chairs are in the back?
Send me something of yours that I can throw in the chair fire.
What have you done to your vehicle lately?
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Send me something of yours that I can throw in the chair fire.
Drive faster and swerve. It's either slower or faster. Ones bound to work sooner or later.
Notice the spring on the inside seal lip. It popped off. Theres the problem.
Im gonna let the other parts drain. Then ill wipe it all down and put it back together. Suzuki says the oil level with the fork compressed is 6" from the top of the tube. I forgot if thats with the damper spring in the tube. Considering you can change the oil without removing the whole fork. Id suspect its with the damper spring in the tube.
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Im gonna let the other parts drain. Then ill wipe it all down and put it back together. Suzuki says the oil level with the fork compressed is 6" from the top of the tube. I forgot if thats with the damper spring in the tube. Considering you can change the oil without removing the whole fork. Id suspect its with the damper spring in the tube.
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Didn't you do this last year?
Yep. The factory seal was replaced. I've let it leak for a year. It's the new seal throwing a fit.
I was wrong on the oil level and the damper spring. Copied this off the Suzuki M50 forum...
"The service manual says:
Suzuki Fork Oil SS-08 (#10) or equivilent fork oil
Front Fork Oil Capacity (each leg): 412ml / 13.9 oz.
Front Fork oil level service limit: 177mm / 6.96 in.
When adjusting the oil level, remove the fork spring and compress the inner tube fully."
Ill fill it to a depth of 7".
Theres a specific tool for this. Only Suzuki has it. It compresses the damper spring while holding the damper plunger.
I made a tool.
The strings hold things in place. Using your third hand you can get to where you can screw the cap back on. Pull the metal thing I made out and the plastic thingy pops up to the cap after its screwed to the plunger. Then the cap is screwed to the fork tube. The strings get cut and pulled out after the cap gos on the plunger.
Were almost done.
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I made a tool.
The strings hold things in place. Using your third hand you can get to where you can screw the cap back on. Pull the metal thing I made out and the plastic thingy pops up to the cap after its screwed to the plunger. Then the cap is screwed to the fork tube. The strings get cut and pulled out after the cap gos on the plunger.
Were almost done.
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Strings removed. Cap is on and tightened. The lock nut on the rod is snugged up to the cap.
One fork seal fixed. At least it better be. Ill tighten the cap a little better once its back on the bike.
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One fork seal fixed. At least it better be. Ill tighten the cap a little better once its back on the bike.
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I need to torque all this.
These specs look close enough. The owners manual has the axle bolt and axle bolt pinch bolt torque figures. All I needed was the values on the triple tree.
front axle: 72.5 ftlbs
front axle pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
brake caliper bolts: 28 ftlbs
clip on pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
lower triple tree pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
upper triple tree pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
I'm using an inch pound torque wrench. 16.5 foot pounds = 198inch pounds.
These specs look close enough. The owners manual has the axle bolt and axle bolt pinch bolt torque figures. All I needed was the values on the triple tree.
front axle: 72.5 ftlbs
front axle pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
brake caliper bolts: 28 ftlbs
clip on pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
lower triple tree pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
upper triple tree pinch bolts: 16.5 ftlbs
I'm using an inch pound torque wrench. 16.5 foot pounds = 198inch pounds.
Better yet. The Suzuki M50 is famous for timing chain knock. Around 40k miles it go's to $hit. This particular motor has the timing chain in the middle of the engine. The whole Damn motor has to be taken apart to fix it. Other engines you can pull the side cover to get to the chain. Nope, not this one. That's when you throw the bike away and get another one. It's only the motor in the m50 boulevard. The C50(classic boulevard) engine is made different and doesn't have the same problem.
If you ever hear this noise. Walk away.
It sounds like a rod knocking.
Dude - check this out.
A new car detailing place has opened up in town - Bulldog Auto Detailing. I see them constantly have some pretty sweet rides out side, so I stopped by to check them out. At one point, I brought up the ceramic wax and asked them for their opinion on it and a possible quote. He tells me about how good it is and all the perks, so I asked him how much it would run to do my truck in a 3 layer wax. He's humming and hawing, walking around and checking it out, so I mentioned it shouldn't be too much work since the truck is still new and the body is pretty smooth. He shouldn't even need to clay bar it first. He cuts me off and says "oh no, it's pretty bad - you see all those swirl marks?? That's going to take some work".
So I play along because at this point, I'm already out but I'm still in for the entertainment. Ok man, so tell me how much you think it will run me to work through all those swirl marks and make it look smooth again. "Yea man, I can get those out. By the time i'm done, you'll be able to read street signs a 1/4 mile away in the reflection." I say are you sure about that? The paint job already has a ton of orange peel in it from the factory. The clear coat is smooth to the touch, but underneath it is the orange peel probably because the factory rushed the paint job - It's common. I'm not going to hold it against you, but I'd be surprised if you actually get it that smooth and deep. "You know, I don't like to put myself up on a pedistool or anything, but yea -I'm just that good. You'd be surprised what I can do. But that's why I charge the way I do - it's worth it" Ok, ok, so again - how much am I looking at paying?? "Man, I could probably get you in at $1,400. You know, this is top of the line service I do. I've been full of cars coming to me to get ceramic wax done. Just last week I had a car in that was so nice, I couldn't post it on FB because the owner didn't want anyone to know it was here. It was one of those we had to drop it off and pick it up at 2 in the morning kind of deals. We just have a lot of good work that comes out of here"
Dude....I was done. LMAO $1,400 to wax my truck???? Swirl marks are going to take some work to get out with wax???? GTFO!!!!!
