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Marque Remarks => Yamaha => Topic started by: Matador107 on June 06, 2012, 09:10:56 am

Title: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: Matador107 on June 06, 2012, 09:10:56 am

A mate is restoring a DT1. He is having trouble disassembling the forks to replace seals etc. The fork legs are steel. Any clues please. Thanks

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: pancho on June 06, 2012, 06:39:29 pm

(http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u473/walter883/LICAPP001.jpg)
 Does this help? cheers pancho

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: albrid-3 on June 06, 2012, 07:17:36 pm

Put a long screw driver down the tube to lock the internal so that you can then turn the lock nut at the base of the fork.

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: Matador107 on June 06, 2012, 11:15:59 pm

Thanks Pancho and green machine, that info and diagram will solve the problem. My mate used to have a manual but it's lost. Maybe he should have hung the book on the wall alongside the bike.Martin

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: albrid-3 on June 07, 2012, 08:15:01 am

Your Welcome, happy to help.

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: pancho on June 08, 2012, 09:13:32 am

 Glad to be of some assistance Mat
 I did the forks on my RT1 10yrs plus ago, the seals were available from Yamaha as they were common to various models, plus I found the whole process fairly straight forward
cheers pancho.

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: Matador107 on June 08, 2012, 01:36:50 pm

Thanks Pancho, I have found seals for anything are available from any bearing supplier. All you need to do is be able to read the numbers. Never had a problem with seals for my Bully's. CHEERS.

Title: Re: DT1 FORKS.
Post by: Iain Cameron on June 12, 2012, 07:04:50 pm

The top of the damper rod has 2 flats machined on it so if your stuck you can use a bar with a 12.5 mill gap and that will hold it in place . Iain