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Jun 15, 2014 | 11:03 AM

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monster715

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Originally Posted by roush360r

do these have a breather hole in the caps like the old front ends? so they could kinda work the air out them selves or do I have to pull the caps off? id look myself but am in the process of moving out of an apartment to a house so the bike is at my parents for the time being.

No breather holes the caps are oring sealed. I'm surprised the bike is riding ok with all that air in there. When you drain and then refill, pump each slider about eight times, fully collapsed to fully extended. And I would slide them out of the trees, and measure the oil level from the top instead of how many ounces your putting in. Motion pro makes a nice fork fluid level tool for around $20 that makes the process a breeze

Jun 15, 2014 | 01:18 PM

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ShiftyCapone

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Originally Posted by monster715

Motion pro makes a nice fork fluid level tool for around $20 that makes the process a breeze

If you're in a time crunch and don't want to wait to get one shipped, you can build your own for like $15 with a big washer, couple inches of hard fuel line, a zip tie, some rubber tubing and a marinade syringe...

Jun 15, 2014 | 09:27 PM

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roush360r

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well I changed the primary and trans oils today so I just loosened the caps and bounced it pry 10 times. it doesn't seem to be leaking anymore so hopefully that'll be it. I would've loved to be able to take the legs back off but only had like a half hr to work on the bike today. it really sucks not being able to have my bike with me to work on it at nights.