15w oil in front end

[Disorderlypunk]

changing oil on its own is easy as anything as long as you have basic tools (socket set and allen keys) but a torque wrench is a good thing to have if you want to torque to spec (F-ing tight is the next best thing)
only when it comes to oil seals do you need anything a bit more specialist but you can get away with ingenuity a drift and a broomstick handle (i prefer the screw in mop handles)


a bench vice or black and decker workmate certainly makes life easier to clamp the stanchion while trying to get the top bolt back in but not essential if there is another set of hands available


something to drain the oil into (why i always have a box of empty coffee jars)


- if your mudguard has not been off in years be prepared for heartache though - the bolts often suffer from galvanic corrosion and will snap (£20 on front left) for some reason if it happens to me on a yam it is always front left, so take it easy use lots of plus gas/wd40/babyoil/ferrets urine whatever you use and wind it back and forth back and forth as you slowly remove the bolt - if it snaps then find someone who knows how to center drill and remove or helicoil (a good engineer will always try drill and remove first)


a quick read of the manual should give you a good idea on where alternative tools can be used just dont trust it when it says to go to chapter one as it within 4 lines tells you to go back to chapter .......6?