Changing front fork oil

[darrsi]

mine is a 51 plate so should have an adjuster

So does that gap stay the same regardless of what weight oil goes in?


And what weight is the "recommended" weight from you guys?  Is it 15w?

The gap is just for oil level purposes, to allow the correct space for the up and down movement of the forks without squirting it out of the seals.


15w all day long for me.


I changed my forks for older ones which was part of my nightmare that i had when i had braking issues a few years back, there was nothing wrong with my old ones, as i now know, and i sprayed them up and re-laquered them and some lucky sod got a right bargain from me.
I never found that the adjusters did anything at all anyway, and i always had them set at the firmest point.


I just read somewhere of someone using 20w, but that would be really firm, although if you're a bit of a lump then i s'pose it may suit.


But seriously, stick with the 15w, 10w simply isn't up to the job if you're sticking with stock fork parts.