Fork oil capacity 2004 KTM 525 EXC

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If you get the sevice manual or contact a dealer to get the correct oil amount for your bike, they need to know the model and year, you have to have the forks off the bike. take the fork caps off, take the springs out compress the upper fork tube all the way and add the specified oil. if they also give you the measured amount from the top that's the best way to get both fork oil levels exact. there is a special tool that you set the oil level in millimeters and it sucks out the oil to the right level, but before you do that step after adding the oil always pull and push on the cartage rod several times to remove air from the cartage tube. you will hear the air coming out and you will feel the changes in the cartage rod as the cartage tube fills up with oil and the air is removed.
something i'm confussed on though is if you replaced a seal you would have had to brake down the fork to replace it. you would have poored the oil into a container, cleaned all the internal parts,and used a fork seal driver to install the new seal. part of your question asks where do i put the oil in? thats in the open end of the fork after you have taken off the fork cap. It sounds to me like you only replaced the dust seal on one fork. that is not going to fix your leaking fork. you need to replace the oil seal thats pressed inside of the top fork tube.

Posted on Dec 26, 2008

SOURCE: Front fork oil change.

Kenji,
be careful, the front forks are under a spring. Just keep going and BE CAREFUL.

Posted on Jan 16, 2009

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Try this site I came across

http://sites.google.com/site/motorcyclemanualstore/

Posted on Aug 09, 2009

Douglas Hansen

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SOURCE: What is the premix oil ratio i should use on my

32:1
Any pre-mix synthetic.
Maxxima is good
Golden spectro
Or even what the factory recommends.

Posted on Aug 27, 2009

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I use just under a quart however there is on most bikes a number near the filler plug on the case it will have the letters cc next to it this is cubic centimeters of liquid go to the metric to standard conversion chart on the web to find the metric to standard conversion to be absolutely sure of the exact amount for your bike.

Posted on Sep 12, 2009