Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > dodgy front end

[DJ Tera]

Recently the bike has been handling very odd, when turning in and I hit a bump, the bike stands up, could it be too much rebound?

BTW a DSC member recommended a suspension guy based in leicestershire a few months back - my advice, don't touch him with an effin bargepole

[Monty]

More likely to be too much compression, not letting the spring take the jolt out of the bump.

John

[DJ Tera]

don't remember any yoke probs weeksy, mind you my memory is shite!

I'm gonna try backing off the compression a bit, hopefully that will sort things

[rockhopper]

Why would it suddenly go like this though?

[desmojen]

If I were you I'd put all your settings back to standard and start again from there!

[Jon]

I also remember you pushing the forks through the yokes and having it set on the steeper angle

[Shazaam!]

Have you replaced a front tire recently?

Forgive me if you've heard this before ...

If you don’t follow the proper installation sequence for the front wheel, you can incorrectly align the front axle in the forks which will cause handling oddities.

The common mistake is to just tighten everything up after inserting the axle. Instead, you need to first hold the axle by torquing (19Nm) the two axle clamp bolts on the RIGHT fork to hold the axle so that you can then torque (63Nm) the 28mm axle nut.

Then, you should torque the two axle clamp bolts on the LEFT fork. The axle is now securely fastened to the left fork

Now, you need to loosen the two RIGHT side clamp bolts.

Take the bike off the paddock stand, and bounce the suspension up and down till you are sure that the right side fork has moved to the proper (neutral) position along the axle. (It makes it easier to compress the suspension if you hold the front brake on when rocking the bike forward.)

Once this is done, re-torque the two RIGHT fork clamp bolts and you’re done.

[Mr_S]

That's handy to know, since I'm swapping the forks over this week.

Amazing what you find in this place.

[DJ Tera]

Jon they ARE pushed thru the yokes (just ask skidlids how much ) but I am running the standard angle.

After sending them to shockwave suspension the right hand fork came back ****ing out oil, and the preload is almost at max just to get the right amount of suspension travel (coupled with pushing them thru the yokes)

I dunno WHAT the f*** he's managed to do to my ohlins!
The leak on the rear shock is still there despite him supposedly servicing it

If the right hand fork has lost too much oil would this cause the problem?


And Shazzam, I always check your posts before working on the bike, so the axle is definitely aligned

[Edited on 13-9-2004 by DJ Tera]

[Jon]

Bloody hell DJ, you sure there is any oil left in it at all. I don't know what it would be, but I'm certain it wouldn't be that good. Sounds to me that the old seals had been re-fitted. Ohlins fork seals are only good for a couple of thousand miles and should be changed whenever the forks are stripped even if new.