fork seal tip

[Road Toad]

Hi all.
Just a tip I thought someone would find handy.
I recently had to replace a fork seal on my rex 1100 c1. Instead of forking out your hard earned on a kwaka special tool. (Bowt 40 quid) I use a length of 3/4 sqr tubing 1/8 wall to stop fork internals from turnin when crackin off bottom allen bolt. Use tube about 4ft long and then you can put in a vice to hold the tube. Works a treat.

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[brakeline]

Errr, a just get m8 to do it

[Road Toad]

Hey. Great idea
I did it with a make and still took bloody ages. Real painstaking job but once you've done one the other is easier. It's mainly a case of remembering to put all the bits back in the right order.
So smiles all round

[Burchy]

12v impact gun does it for me every time

[Road Toad]

Yep. That would do it sure enough. No anger brute force to use!

[Burchy]

Beauty of the impact gun is that all the rest of the fork remains done up and you can just shock off the bottom bolt up through the fork leg. Good way to drain all the oil out, as well

[Road Toad]

Oh the beauty of having the right tools eh. Never mind it's done. Now to play with the suspension settings. Always a contentious issue with the rex. But hard on the front when standard. suck it and see job i think.

[brakeline]

I played with the settins, nacked them up totally. Got m8 to fix it. wont touch them again

[Road Toad]

I've read that if you click out compression to nearly minimum and up the damping a few clicks it takes the nock your fillings out type of ride to somthing a little softer without compromising handling. So will give that a wiz. What's the worst that could happen! Gulp!!!!!

[lightspeed]

Nov 12, 2013 9:02:48 GMT Road Toad said:

. . . takes the nock your fillings out type of ride . . .

Sounds like you found the Gary Jaehne article on Basic ZRX suspension set up on the OA site.

Preload adjusted to the proper sag at each end, then increase the rebound and reduce compression to taste will make a significant difference to the handling provided by the stock components.

[Road Toad]

Hi Lightspeed. Your spot on with that. That's where i got it from. I backed off the compression last year and it did help. I will take your advise and tweek a little more to improve more. Shame the roads not improved!! there is no perfect set up for all road conditions sadly. A good compromise does the job.
Nice bike by the way. I notice you have a cut down rear guard. I'm thinking of doing the same to sharpen the looks. Did you do it yourself? How did it go?
Thanks for the boingy advice!

[lightspeed]

Actually that's not cut down. The version of the REX came with a tidy rear fender.


I go by the same Username over on the OA as well.

[Road Toad]

It does look neat. I think when i've got the guts i will take a dremmel to mine
Maybe less horse S*!:T on Canadian roads to go all over your back!

[Burchy]

You don't need a dremel to do it, just a sharp blade. We did it to YB's 1100. To retain the shaping we made a paper template from the existing part, then cut off the required amount from the bottom. Next we laid the paper template onto the sides, stuck it with tape and used that to get the sides right

Took about 30 minutes in total. A slight rub with fine wet-n-dry to get rid of the cut marks was all that was needed to finish it off

[Road Toad]

Many thanks for that Burchy.that all makes sence so that's what I will do.
Why can't we just leave alone. It's a standing joke wiv my pals that I can never leave my bikes in standard form!
I think its good to put your personal stamp on them.