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front fork oil - change only

John_Atkinson

John_Atkinson

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all,

I am about to embark on some long-overdue maintenance on Zeke and would like to freshen up the fork oil while I've got my sleeves rolled up......

I have had Progressive brand springs in the bike since shortly after I got it and won't likely be changing these for a while yet until I have a few extra shekels saved up for a set of Sonics.

Can anyone direct me to the best source for performing a simple fluid change? Mine is a '91 so I believe I have the fork oil drain holes at the bottom of the forks.

Also -  I have both 15- and 20-weight fork oil.....any suggestions as to which one to use? Im about 250 lbs and don't ride too hard in the turns...

thx,
JA
 
John,

The Summer 2010 Concourier has an article by Larry Buck about changing fork oil on the C10.
 
Since you've got the drain holes, I'd put it at about a 2 on a scale of 10.  Not much more involved than changing the engine oil, IMO.
 
I would use whatever weight recommended by progressive, short of that I'd be inclined to use 15W
 
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