Restoration Of Front Shock Absorbers

[michael-nadav]

Hi all,

Does Anyone have instructions how to take apart the front shock absorbers On a Honda CB77 (i mean the hydraulic chamber)? how do i separate the active fork from the fixed fork ?

Michael

[davomoto]

Steel or aluminum sliders? The steels have a threaded on chrome seal holer that a pin wrench, or a belt wrench can be used to unscrew them. They can be a bear, or sometimes they spin off easliy. Once unscrewed, you can seperate the tube from the slider by pushing down on the fork tube, and pulling up in a slide hammer type of motion.

[michael-nadav]

Thank for the tip ,i managed to opened them .
Can you please recomand what kind of brand of oil should i use ???

[teazer]

The perennial question - what oil should I use in my xyz? There are as many opinions out there as there are riders.

We all differ and we are all right (in our own minds at least).

What I use is Fork Oil and in a CB77 I'd use 30wt or 20W if you are light and the roads around you are smooth. 30 is not always easy to find and I usually end up buying a case. It's available on line.

Modern bikes have completely different fork internals and use much thinner oils to work in their smaller orifices.

You could probably get away with motor oil if nothing else was available, but Fork Oil is better IMHO

[LOUD MOUSE]

HONDA recommends a 10W HONDA oil. ............lm

Thank for the tip ,i managed to opened them .
Can you please recomand what kind of brand of oil should i use ???

[teazer]

Thanks LM. That surprised me.

[mobilyte]

i noticed the 10wt honda branded fork oil (bottle said developed by showa) also claimed to be compatible with any application requiring atf.