Front Forks

mybmw said:

I have a 1984 R80RT and to change fork oil the Clymer manual says that for a 1984 remove the lower drain bolt and open the top fill bolt.

For earlier models Clymer says I would have to grind two flats on a socket, put the socket on a nut at the bottom, hold the socket with an open end wrench, and loosen/remove an allen bolt at the bottom for the oil to drain.

My forks are like the earlier models as described by Clymer. Does Clymer have it backwards or are my forks off of an older bike?

thanks.

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mybmw said:

For earlier models Clymer says I would have to grind two flats on a socket, put the socket on a nut at the bottom, hold the socket with an open end wrench, and loosen/remove an allen bolt at the bottom for the oil to drain.


thanks.

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PGlaves said:

I made a tool just for this. I took a piece of 1/8 x 1/2 bar stock and welded a handle onto the back (flat) side of a 13mm socket. Then I drilled a hole in the bar stock aligned with the center of the socket. The Allen wrench then goes up through the hole to hold the damper rod while I turn the nut.

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