What is 15W fork oil?
Description. Castrol Fork Oil 15W is an advanced mineral based suspension fluid designed to provide the optimum damping performance in all on and off road suspensions. Its highly refined basestock and naturally high viscosity index will provide superior anti-fade damping performance over a wide temperature range.
What happens when you change fork oil weight?
the down side to just running heavier weight (thicker) oil is that it is more prone to cavitation/aeration. used to be known as foaming. if you force a thicker oil through the same size hole (or stack) it will slow down the rebound damping, it will also stiffen the compression damping.
How much oil do you put in a Harley Davidson Fork?
Therefore, I thought I would share with everyone some Harley-Davidson fork oil specifications – in particular, information regarding the proper fork oil weight to use and capacities for major models. Weight : As a default, use 20wt.
What’s the difference between 5 and 80 fork oil?
So, the motorcycle industry took the SSU/VI measurement and converted it to weights based on the same scale used by the SAE. But since the SAE weight schedule is so widely incremented, two cans of fork oil with different SSU viscosities of 80 and 100 can both be listed as a 5 weight (5wt). Yes, it is confusing!
What should the temperature be for oil in a fork?
If the oil gets hotter and thinner, the forks will get softer and faster. Luckily, the oil in your fork seldom sees temperatures as high as 150 degrees Fahrenheit. The logic applied here is that a good fork oil should have a VI rating of at least 150.
Therefore, I thought I would share with everyone some Harley-Davidson fork oil specifications – in particular, information regarding the proper fork oil weight to use and capacities for major models. Weight : As a default, use 20wt.
How often should you change your fork oil?
Choices choices choices. 5 weight, 7.5 weight, 10 weight. Some is blue, some red, some green. Sheesh. Fork oil needs to be changed every 5000 miles. You can visibly see the difference in fork movement between identical ZX6R’s in this video. https://youtu.be/bv0vCJd4TAg. One has 800 miles on it, the other 5000.
What is the ID for motorcycle fork oil viscosity?
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What’s the difference between wet and dry oil on a fork?
-Note that “wet” means you drained the fork leg from the drain plug and plan to refill, while dry means the fork leg has been completely disassembled for a rebuild. In the first case, there is a little residual oil left in the fork leg. In the second case, you are filling a fork leg that is bone dry (requiring a little more).