You can get racing fork oil and it is more that 30wt. I'll see if I have
an old bottle and let you know the name.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca [SMTP:mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca]
>Sent: Monday, April 07, 1997 7:21 PM
>To: dmeadow@juno.com
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Maintainance questions - long
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>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.
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>John McEwen
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>>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.
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>>David Littlefield
>>Houston, TX
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>>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:
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>>>> 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:
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>>>> 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?
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>>>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.
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>>> 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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