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Ohlins Forks
DIR By: Jota
Date: December 20, 2017, 5:37 pm
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Hi, I have a 2010 MT01 SP with Ohlins forks. The seals are
leaking and I need to replace. Does anyone have a service manual
or sectional drawing they could send me? I,m struggling to even
find the amount of oil in each leg.
Thanks Steve
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: aldo
Date: April 8, 2018, 3:50 am
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Hi mate. I'm new to the forum. Did you find the information you
needed?
Aldo
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: Danmt
Date: April 10, 2018, 5:58 am
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You can probably find it here:
HTML https://www.ohlins.com/support/manuals/motorcycle/
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: aldo
Date: April 10, 2018, 6:24 pm
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Jota - I've got one of these bikes (love it now that I've got
the suspension right.. :)) ) and recently replaced the fork
seals and oil. The number that I got from Yamaha Australia was
508ml per fork, or , with the spring out and stanchion fully
compressed, 70mm from the top.
Hope this helps.
Aldo
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: Nikk
Date: April 11, 2018, 2:20 am
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Mine have gone too. Must be something about the age of them.
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: aldo
Date: April 11, 2018, 4:36 pm
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I guess so, Nikk - they were nearly ten years old after all. One
thing I did find was that there was a weird almost rust-like
build-up on the fork legs right near the seal when the forks
were fully extended that wasn't visible until they were apart.
Perhaps that caused the failure. Anyway, it came off okay with a
bit of elbow grease and left no damage to the finish. Be
interested to hear whether you find the same thing.
Thanks for resurrecting this forum. I'm not a big one for
posting on forums, but I'll try harder in the hope that we can
keep this one alive.
Aldo
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: omeo-mt01
Date: April 16, 2018, 10:09 pm
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About the fork seals. My bike I ride reguarly has nearly 70000km
on the original seals and not even a weep.
The other one I have had for 2 years (2005 model) are stuffed at
23000.
One sat for a long time and the seals naturally dry out somewhat
and one is used, that says a lot.
Also, I spray a little wd40 or crc on legs occasionally and wipe
over, I think this helps.
Thirdly, some wash their bikes with pressure spray then leave.
Not just a dry clean leg but one with no lube on it. Even that
left by the action of the slider.
I also have suspicions about people washing with high pressure
and using a wax cycle as well.
So, leg is washed clean then coated with a wax which dries and
then the poor old seal has to slide over that as well and
probably scrape the wax off.
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Re: Ohlins Forks
DIR By: aldo
Date: April 17, 2018, 5:01 am
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I couldn't agree more. I bought my bike with 9000km on it, and
it had been used as a test machine. I suspect that the journos
etc probably wouldn't have been too loving with their cleaning
regimen.. :) Like you, I hand wash my bikes, but I WD40 the
engine/wheels/frame and give it a wipe off after every wash. It
leaves a great finish and keeps everything nice.
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