Motorcycle fork oils are usually quite lightweight. The heaviest is 30
weight. If John Twist recommends 50 wt. fork oil wouldn't be heavy enough.
John McEwen
>Try your local motorcycle shop. They sell a front fork oil that has seal
>swelling and anti-foaming stuff. Sorry I don't have a brand name.
>
>David Littlefield
>Houston, TX
>
>On Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:35:30 -0400 (EDT) "W. R. Gibbons"
><gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu> writes:
>>On Mon, 7 Apr 1997 PLM97@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've been trying to catch up on servicing 74 Midget. The car runs
>>fine and
>>> is in fairly good shape, but I'm not sure what to use on the
>>following areas:
>>
>>> Shocks - I was going to top off if needed - local shop says if it
>>isn't
>>> leaking don't fool with it. Twist says top them off with 50 weight
>>hydraulic
>>> oil with seal sweller & anti foaming. (Need brand name to find this
>>one)
>>> Any experience with this?
>>
>>Enough experience to know that one reason why they may not leak is
>>that
>>they're empty. Best check them. I use shock oil from Moss.
>>
>> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
>> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
>> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>>
>>
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