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Tourer
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | ON the Vic service manual recomends a spring compressor. Any product recomendations and sources? |
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Visionary
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| wroman, I assume you mean for servicing forks, you won't need it. Just be certain you maintain pressure on the fork caps as you unscrew them and make damn sure the threads are lined up when screwwing them back in. Use your hand for both removing and starting on the reinstall. |
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | Teach - 2009-11-05 8:32 PM
wroman, I assume you mean for servicing forks, you won't need it. Just be certain you maintain pressure on the fork caps as you unscrew them and make damn sure the threads are lined up when screwwing them back in. Use your hand for both removing and starting on the reinstall.
That depends on the type of forks it came with |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Is this about FORK OIL ???? |
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Cruiser
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Spring Hill, Tennessee | kevinx - 2009-11-05 9:41 PM
Teach - 2009-11-05 8:32 PM
wroman, I assume you mean for servicing forks, you won't need it. Just be certain you maintain pressure on the fork caps as you unscrew them and make damn sure the threads are lined up when screwwing them back in. Use your hand for both removing and starting on the reinstall.
That depends on the type of forks it came with
How many different forks could come on a Vision? I guess you mean they have changed forks at some point?
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New Bohemia, VA | no, I think the point is that teach has a different set than than some others do. I could not follow those instructions on mine and get 'er done. But then again, I'm just a redneck novice shadetree motorcycle mechanic so what do I know?
Edited by varyder 2009-11-06 6:33 AM
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Iron Butt
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, FL United States | My buddy (a former Vic tech) and I just replaced the fork oil on my '08 Vis and we didn't use a fancy (expensive) spring compressor. We put in 10w Bel Ray fork oil instead of Victory fork oil and it rides better with less dive under braking. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | I've not used a spring compressor, but you do need to compress the spring to remove and install it. |
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Tourer
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Race tech makes a stand that seems indentical to the one pictured and motion pro makes a tool to set fluid level. |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | Tennessee Vision - 2009-11-06 6:49 AM
kevinx - 2009-11-05 9:41 PM
Teach - 2009-11-05 8:32 PM
wroman, I assume you mean for servicing forks, you won't need it. Just be certain you maintain pressure on the fork caps as you unscrew them and make damn sure the threads are lined up when screwwing them back in. Use your hand for both removing and starting on the reinstall.
That depends on the type of forks it came with
How many different forks could come on a Vision? I guess you mean they have changed forks at some point?
Vic uses Marzucci, and Showa forks on Visions |
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Puddle Jumper
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Brighton, MI | I dont know what worse, the people who have oil threads or the Jack @#$%^ who always commets about them... Shut up and ride |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | kevinx - 2009-11-06 1:29 PM
Vic uses Marzucci, and Showa forks on Visions
I think they are Kayaba[?] not Showa....ooppss |
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front fork spring compressor stand