Suspension - Bleeding Air Pressure from Forks

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dalton13 · #1 Unread post by **dalton13** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:16 am

I just had a 96 CBR600 shipped down to Dallas and I need to bleed the air pressure out of the forks. I am having a huge problem with the front end resisting turning (understeer), and I have already punched up the Rebound Dampening using the set screws. This was an improvement.

However, I don't know how to bleed the air pressure, and can't get a straight answer on how to do this?

camthepyro · Tue May 02, 2006 10:39 am

On my bike it's just a standard little air thing, like on tires. So I just pushed in the pin to let air out, and used an air compressor to let air in.

CORSCO · #3 Unread post by **CORSCO** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:10 pm

I don't believe you can bleed the air out of those forks. This sounds stupid, but have you checked your tire psi. Low pressure will cause heavy steering.

dalton13 · #4 Unread post by **dalton13** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:28 am

Yup, tires are ok, it is looking like the rebuild will be required. I imagine the forks may have never been done since the factory, I imagine mud will come out when I get in there...

CORSCO · #5 Unread post by **CORSCO** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:36 pm

How are your steering head bearings?

dalton13 · #6 Unread post by **dalton13** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:46 am

Good point, but I don't wanna think it could require that much more than I already didn't wanna do. I seriously got myself into a mess I haven't got the time for.