Stoopid forkin question.

[Rumbo]

Finaly got around to changing the oil in my forks.
So I undid these bleeder screws if thats what they are?


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272405323.jpg



They would unscrew but they wouldnt come out.
Any way one of the cunts wont screw back in and it feels like its thredded :(

Wots the best fix? Devcon? I should of left em alone.
One of my manuals says to bleed em but it covers heaps of models.
GSXR 1100 by the way.
Thanks

[Gitzy]

Heya Rumbo, that thar 'C' is an axle pinch bolt mate.. thats what she looks like to me anyways. and thats no help to you at all..

[Blackkat]

C looks like a pinch bolt (2 in each fork leg) to hold axel in place, would be best to be helicoiled.
B holds the forks together it may feel threaded as the rod it screws into may be turning, it needs to be held from the inside to stop it from turning.
you may need a special tool, some one may be able to tell you how to do it.

[Rumbo]

Um yeah doh, my mistake, I meant this one which you cant see in this picture.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272401334.jpg


Doesnt even show it on the microfiche.

[80s freak]

Does it look like this?
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272450567.gif


Maybe this will help some one work it out.

[ralph]

Might be able to just drill and tap it the next size up if its just a plug. When I change the oil I find it best to crack the top caps (near the handlebars then jack the front up take the wheel ouy then the forks. Undo the caps (careful of the preload on the spring cos it may act like taking a radiator cap off a hot car)Remove the spacers and spring tip the fork upside down and pump the stinky stuff out. Then refit them (wheel out still) Fill them up to five and a half inches from the top (fully extended )
I use a suringe with a hose with a marker 5.5 inches from the end) and suck the excess out.
then put the spring back in. spacer and then lean on the cap and screw it up. Might be different for your bike

[Rumbo]

Shit. Sorry thats no good. My forks are USD.


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272476691.jpg



Dunno what I was thinking.

[Hillsy]

I think that's a damper adjuster, not a drain plug.

[Rumbo]

Ok, thanks Hillsy. Looks like ive got forks from a later model.
The manual doesnt mention anything about em.