DO NOT try to rebuild MOTORCYCLE FORKS by yourself! | 2008 CBR1000RR Street Fighter Build

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DO NOT try to rebuild MOTORCYCLE FORKS by yourself! | 2008 CBR1000RR Street Fighter Build - Day 22

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Chaseontwowheels

Күн бұрын

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@Moseswasntamerican 2 жыл бұрын

Man after this wbr season I'd love to see Chase and Brian, with Beau helping chase and Luke helping Brian, do a bike build race kinda thing with like some groms or that sort of bike. Brian has been teaching Chase so much stuff I think it'd be awesome to see them build "against" each other. Also OC: I wear DC skate shoes, specifically graffik ses or dress shoes for work.

@Turtlefaceful 2 жыл бұрын

First time rebuilding USD forks, I went super cheap. 2” piece of abs pipe from Home Depot, and a ratchet strap to compress the spring. It was terrible, and absolutely terrifying, but a great learning experience! Convinced me to go ahead and buy the $200 tool to do it right. Not only was it immeasurably less sketchy, but it takes MUCH less time with the good tools.

@ftfpersonal6046 2 жыл бұрын

Did the same exact thing, except I decided for the same amount, I’d be better off taking it in to a shop. Now I don’t ever have to worry about if I damaged something, or if I put them together properly. That being said, one day I’d still like to buy a foot operated fork spring compressor and learn how to do USD forks.

@abikuneebus 2 жыл бұрын

i hate to be that guy but i rebuilt the forks on my sfv-650 twice. first time was after i hit a curb (too fast around a roundabout in my first few months of riding-stupid i know) i bought aftermarket replacement fork tubes, but because i had to buy a new front wheel i didn’t want to spend money on new seals, bushings, etc. MISTAKE! one of them started leaking a few months later. it was so stupid because i ended up doing the 6-7 hours of labor twice ALL TO SAVE LIKE $90. wasn’t too bad, as i was upgrading headlight and changing tire anyway. second time around and it hasn’t leaked a drop. amazing what happens when you don’t reuse hydraulic seals… i should note that i’m an electrician by trade, not a mechanic. i haven’t paid anyone to work on any of my vehicles in a long time, to me it’s part of the fun.

@lililililililili8667 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad your rebuild bike is the same exact bike I have. The camera quality on this is 1000x better than any of the other guides.

@lililililililili8667 2 жыл бұрын

Second time out after rebuilding the forks 1/4 of the damn clutch basket cracked off and is god knows where in the engine. Bike had -1+2 reduced gearing too they really messed up with the 08 I wish I could go back in time and pick a bike that isn't the first year of a generation change now I'm going to have the displeasure of pulling the engine out or possibly getting away with dropping the oil pan and finding 100% of the pieces if I'm super lucky.

@thorbenseemann7120 2 жыл бұрын

8:12 that's exactly how I was struggling to get my forks apart, when I changed the seals the first time. Second time I got the right tools beforehand and it was actually fun working on the forks :D

@finalkiller101 2 жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more , first time i built a tool with pvc tube and bolts ... it worked but DAMN the right tool make every job easier XD

@motoborn4642 2 жыл бұрын

If you just remove the damper bolt instead of struggling with the fork cap. The whole internals just slide out of the fork. Makes life a hell of a lot easier.

@jamest5149 2 жыл бұрын

The fork bushings are overlooked by most when they replace fork seals because of a leak… if the bushes are worn, the new seals will leak in a short time due to the excess movement. I always replace both the seals and the bushes to save the pain and cost and time involved.

@Ch0k0TB 2 ай бұрын

Hey guys, really liked the video. Can you tell me how much milimeters are left exposed from the fork when it bottoms out? I cannot find this information anywhere

@paulh9301 2 жыл бұрын

Don't think they mentioned this but I would also back the preload all the way off to lessen the cap from popping as hard as it did and make compressing the white down easier.

@pata7250 2 жыл бұрын

Brian is a wealth of moto info. Chase did you even watch a Dave Moss video. lol.....great job guys. Thanks for always making it interesting and fun.

@Tyler-Hagan-Racing 2 жыл бұрын

OC - wearing a pair of Allbirds myself

@mikefoxtrot_svk 2 жыл бұрын

as far as I know, rebound and preload is on the top of the fork and compression adjustment is on the bottom...but correct me, if this is some different type of forks but this shoud apply to majority of forks

@Florian24 2 жыл бұрын

Thought so too

@ftfpersonal6046 2 жыл бұрын

You would be correct there

@brettwalker6016 2 жыл бұрын

Chase you went full Jackson Mahomes at the end there.

@trwilliams22 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else reminded of the shake weight?

@mendingmotos 2 жыл бұрын

@17:30 did that spring go in upside down ?? skinny part goes towards the top right ? or am I seeing things ?

@garrettwebb2169 Жыл бұрын

What fork oil did you use?

@silfear1 2 жыл бұрын

OC: At home I walk bare foot. Well its winter so I have socks now :D

@ftfpersonal6046 2 жыл бұрын

Rebuilding yourself isn’t a problem until you have to do “up-side-down” forks. A good fork spring compressor will cost you $200 alone, and you change them so infrequently (about every 10,000 miles) that most people opt to pay a tech the same amount and skip the hassle. I can say for myself, that I always take the forks off the bike myself, but just leave the hard and delicate stuff to the professionals (unless I’m working on a right side up fork).

@AntaresSQ01 2 жыл бұрын

You can have good enough fork compressors for much less and make one yourself for even less, imo it's a good investment especially if have a couple bikes turnaround in your garage.

@ftfpersonal6046 2 жыл бұрын

@@AntaresSQ01 For sure, and I do have two bikes in the garage although one has right side up forks which are way easier (just need wrenching tools and a vice). Already tried making one myself out of PVC, some long bolts, and ratchet straps without success. I was too sketched out that I would break or damage the fork or something would snap off and hit me in the face. Never tried the proper, rigid, hand style fork spring compressor tool, as there was too long of a turnaround to get the tool no matter where I looked. Best bet for me at the time was either the $200 foot operated one or taking it in to a tech. Wouldn’t be opposed to giving it a shot in the future though, although at that point I may consider just getting the expensive one.

@Frank_Torre 2 жыл бұрын

OC: Pair of Chuck Taylor. One of like 30 pairs.

@wiseives 2 жыл бұрын

OC Timbs

@Florian24 2 жыл бұрын

too late i rebuilt mine already :D

@Joey.the.producer 2 жыл бұрын

Chase brother i gotta ask, how tall are you, bc i see you riding the CBR 300r and it makes me feel bad bc im short

@dennisclark9544 2 жыл бұрын

I rebuild my own all the time....it is my job though, so kinda cheating. The forks on my 2003/4 zx6 are brilliant, they have quick change seals, I can do both forks in under an hour, from in the bike, seals and oil changed, and back in the bike again. 👍

@heightskings6693 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 0304 636, I wasn’t having luck with the stock forks , 2 sets to be exact , now on a pair of rebuilt 0506’s.. they feel a lot better

@dennisclark9544 2 жыл бұрын

@@heightskings6693 I love my 03/04 ones, I even have a set on my 1994 zxr400 race bike. What issue was you having with them? I've found them to be the easiest set of USD forks to do seals on.

@heightskings6693 2 жыл бұрын

@@dennisclark9544 niceeeee.... on my 2nd set one of them started to leak like crazy out of nowhere , on my commute to work there’s only 1 hard bump .... when I got home all the oil was on the floor and rotor etc... I took it to my buddy he said it wasn’t the seal but that it was a o ring that wouldn’t seal or something like that , and that he tried to drill out the set screw but even when he boar’d it out it still wasn’t sealing , he tried it 3 different times ... he was on the kawasaki race team in the early 90’s and has a race bike mechanic back ground and race bike shop so I knew he wasn’t BS’ing me ... That same day I got some 0506’s and he did the seals and cleaned them up nice .... he thinks that maybe that fork was just bad originally .. kinda sucked cuz I had got them redone like 6 months before that happened .

@leandrocintrao67 2 жыл бұрын

Does Brian have a KZfaq channel?

@skyusable 2 жыл бұрын

I have rebuild front forks twice by myself. It sucked every single time. At this point, I would rather pay to get it done lol.

@cliff8675 2 жыл бұрын

OC: Cheap tennies from Wally-World, but usually don't wear shoes. Buckee shoes?? Really?? if he shows up with Buckee PJs, smack him for all of us.

@Njurdi 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Chase broke Brian for the first two minutes 😂

@paradox206 2 жыл бұрын

OC: I'm wearing Simple OS, cause I'm still trying to be a 90s teenager in his 40s.

@rvivr3 2 жыл бұрын

Vans

@Zanrith 2 жыл бұрын

OC wearing a pair of sketchers dress shoes that are oil and slip resistant.

@BikeLife609 2 жыл бұрын

You should start working out, I haven't watched this channel in a while I Cann see you been eating good

@adamlewis942 2 жыл бұрын

oc work boots

@AntaresSQ01 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry that was painful to watch, I had my S1000XR+s electronic forks apart and rebuilt in under 2hrs... By myself... Get a spring compressor and some shims to hold the forks, unscrew cap then it's plain sailing.