montaco Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 My mate has just rebuilt his forks after stripping to fit new seals. After a couple of minutes ridng around, the forks seem to pump up almost solid and there is little or no compression movement. He's strippped and checked and everything appears to be as it should. Any ideas please?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montaco Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Problem solved. It seems as though both the 2003 Montesa manual and Sandifords are incorrect about the amount of oil required in the forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carni026 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 im having the same problem..... im getting tired,,,,, it seems to be only my right side leg so, what levels should i use, i saw a mark in the inner side of each fork and thats where i filled it up to, what did i do wrong? what level should i use? are we talking about the showa forks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_doe Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Problem solved. It seems as though both the 2003 Montesa manual and Sandifords are incorrect about the amount of oil required in the forks. I've recently changed the fork seals and replaced the oil on my 2003 315R and used the oil quantities recommended in the workshop manual without any problems, so what are you on about? Are you sure you understand what the manual says? If so (or not), what oil quantities do you recommend then, and why are you right and Honda/Montesa wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_askham Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Its also worth mentioning that the Right hand leg deals with damping, so the left leg will never feel like the right one as it does not have any adjustments or the same action. you'll notice the compression adjustment on the Left leg an allen key. with the damping adjuster knob on the right... As I remember... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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