Honda CRF450R Owner's Manual page 96

NOTICE
Improper disposal of drained oil is harmful to the
environment.
Amount of fork oil left in the fork unit: US oz
(within damper)
minute
5 10 20 35 55 85
°F/°C
32/0 1.06 0.95 0.85 0.81 0.75 0.72
(31.2) (28.1) (25.2) (23.9) (22.3) (21.3)
50/10 0.99 0.88 0.79 0.75 0.70 0.67
(29.3) (25.9) (23.4) (22.2) (20.6) (19.7)
68/20 0.95 0.82 0.73 0.68 0.64 0.60
(28.1) (24.2) (21.6) (20.2) (18.9) (17.8)
86/30 0.92 0.77 0.70 0.65 0.60 0.57
(27.1) (22.9) (20.7) (19.3) (17.6) (16.8)
3
(cm ) (US oz)
32°F/0°C
50°F/10°C
35 1.2
30
68°F/20°C
1.0
86°F/30°C
25
0.8
20
0.6
15
0.4
10
0.2
5
0
Inverted time (minutes)
5. Pour the recommended fork oil (page 88) into
the outer tube.
(cm 3 )
145
0.67
(19.7)
0.61
Fork Oil Capacity:
(18.1)
0.56
Standard oil 8.3 US oz
(16.5)
capacity (245 cm 3 )
0.52
Maximum 8.5 US oz
(15.4)
oil capacity (250 cm 3 )
Minimum oil 7.1 US oz
capacity (210 cm 3 )
Be sure the oil capacity is the same in both fork
legs.
6. Check that the O-ring (7) on the fork damper
(2) is in good condition. Apply the
recommended fork oil to the O-ring.
Temporarily install the fork damper to the
outer tube (1).
After installing the fork leg (page 120), tighten
the fork damper to the specified torque using
the lock nut wrench:
Actual:
22 lbf·ft (30 N·m, 3.1 kgf·m)
Torque wrench scale reading:
20 lbf·ft (27 N·m, 2.8 kgf·m), using a 20 in
(50 cm) long deflecting beam type torque
wrench.
Slightly stiffer as
When using the lock nut wrench, use a 20 in (50
it nears full
compression.
cm) long deflecting beam type torque wrench with
a lock nut wrench. The lock nut wrench increases
Slightly softer as
it nears full
the torque wrench's leverage, so the torque wrench
compression.
reading will be less than the torque actually applied
to the fork damper.
(7)
(1)
(1) outer tube
(2) fork damper
(7) O-ring
Suspension
(2)
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