fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

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Tomahawk
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fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

Post by Tomahawk » Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:44 pm

Right ive brought some fuchs silkolene fork oil medium SAE 10 would this be fine for my fzr or not?

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Re: fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

Post by stranglerman » Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:20 pm

I have the same oil in my Genesis forks and have had no adverse affects.

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Re: fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

Post by fzrtim » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:15 am

Just done the fork seals on my trackbike with the same oil. Works brilliantly!!

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Re: fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

Post by joshcherry93 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:11 pm

How much did you put in???

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Re: fzr 400 3tj fork oil.

Post by Hogdigerdy Dog » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:36 pm

standard amounts of oil are

for the 3TJ RR
509ml of oil (10wt) with 80mm air gap, with no springs and the tube compressed

for the 3TJ SPs
433ml of oil (10 wt) with 106mm air gap, etc,etc

good starting points, then fettle too suit

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