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Title: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: moto949 on September 15, 2018, 10:05:58 PM
Hi Folks,

      I'm installing a set of Racetech .90 springs with 410cc/leg of 10 wt oil for my '93 Showa fork bike. I weigh 225 lbs. My question involves the re-assembly. No instructions came with the springs.
      Okay, drop Racetechs in, then factory washer, then long factory metal spacer tube, then Racetech washer (similar inner/outer diameters to factory washer installed above springs, but 2mm thick instead of factory part's 1mm). Then drop in 15mm PVC spacer (cut from supplied Racetech PVC cut to a size recommended by them via email).
      All ok so far, but I'm wondering is the large metal 17mm half-hex-cap-with-the-allen-head-oil-filler- plug combo ONLY held in by that thin clip wire that's barely as thick as a paper clip wire? It's not threaded solidly into the fork? That little clip supports all the forces of a fork slamming and possibly bottoming!? Am I missing something? Thanks.
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: johnny on September 15, 2018, 10:12:31 PM
greetings...

need to post photos or at least fiche screenprint with item number so we know what the f you are talking about...

j o
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: ^Adrninistrator on September 17, 2018, 09:16:05 PM
Post the Photos or Fische Screenprint or F-Off.
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: johnny on September 18, 2018, 05:58:39 AM
greetings moto949...

i am from motobrick.com and im here to help...

have you clicked the mop... (http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,550.0.htm)

why you being an a-hole... is it genetic... or a learned character trait...

now that we have established you are being an a-hole...  and the root cause... simply post up the photos or fiche screenprint...

defiance or compliance... the choice is yours...

j o
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: Laitch on September 18, 2018, 07:12:55 AM
Quote from: moto949 on September 15, 2018, 10:05:58 PM
Am I missing something?
You're missing the fact that you disassembled it so you should know how it was assembled. Are you intending to launch the bike off a ramp to span a column of parked buses?
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: K1300S on September 18, 2018, 03:35:35 PM
i learned early on to ALWAYS take pics of things while taking them apart....because i would forget how to put them back together.

luckily...your bike has TWO forks.  this allows you to look at the other one to see how it is assembled if you forgot to take pics of the first one.
.....ahhh...you did only take apart ONE of the forks at a time, right?

but yes, that little spring clip takes the load.

you can also check online parts diagrams or your shop manual for how it is assembled. (you do have a shop manual i hope)
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: Skunky on September 18, 2018, 09:35:32 PM
Who moderates the moderators  yawl
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: ^Adrninistrator on September 18, 2018, 09:57:09 PM
I moderate the moderators.
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: Skunky on September 18, 2018, 10:20:47 PM
Quote from: ^Adrninistrator on September 18, 2018, 09:57:09 PM
I moderate the moderators.

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Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: johnny on September 19, 2018, 03:20:22 PM
greetings...

i did hear that... welcome back brunhilda... i hope your cinnabar poisoning is under control and you are rolling out the yeeehaaaa on a regular basis...

j o
Title: Re: 1993 K75S fork cap question
Post by: Blue on September 20, 2018, 08:34:46 AM
A & S BMW says they have one of those clips in stock if you need another one.