ETZ Fork mod

[christoff]

Hi ! just rode my long term etz project for the first time today and the front forks feel terrible so im going to change the oil , ive heard of a (uk)mod to the forks of inserting x2 2p pieces under each spring to preload the forks, has anyone on here tried it and does it make much difference? cheers

[manumensa]

Hello Christoff!

If the ETZ was long years parking fork oil like "batido de chocolate" first remove and clean well lower leg, stanchion,...change the oil fork seal...reassembly with new fork oil and fell again.

Mmmm ...fork oil capacity , oil SAE and preload can be particular setting...your weight, drive style...

For example:

- Fork oil SAE 10.

- Maximun fork oil capacity: 250cc (8.79 fl oz)

- Cheap soft preload can be inner piece ballberarings broken.

Best regards, Manuel.

PD. Sorry for my "bizarre" inglish

[Anna]

Hi Christoff.

Way back when, in our student days of having knackered old bikes and no money to maintain them (what's changed?), I saw the 2p trick used many times. It's not the "best" answer, but it seemed to make a difference to soggy fork syndrome.

I'd definitely go with new fork oil and seals first though, and while it's all apart check the nominal fork spring lengths (sorry, I can't tell you what these are - I don't have a manual handy here), with any luck a Haynes should have that info. If they've squished beyond the minimum length the 2p trick will help (for a while - maybe quite a long while) but ultimately you'll be looking for new springs as the metal has lost its springyness. At least it's a bodge that isn't likely to strand you anywhere suddenly, you'll just gradually get back to the soggy feeling you have now.

[manumensa]

Hello!

Way back when, in our student days of having knackered old bikes and no money to maintain them (what's changed?),
Nothing,...no money but I am twenty years older

I agree with you, fork spring standart are very cheap, I sold spare part MZ.

Anna, un saludo, Manuel.

[christoff]

Ha ha my english is not the best and i live here , thanks for the help people i will try seals and oil see if it makes much difference, then again my everyday bike is a gsxr600 and the mz is a bit of fun (so far total cost £87!) maybe i should take some time to adjust to the "intresting" handling

[tufty1066]

hi christoff, i have heard of the two pence trick,from what i remember on the forum it does work well,i seem to remember looking at it on the mz(yahoo)forum,may be worth a look mate,cheers,tufty.

[TomG]

Yeah, it works well. A friend did it to my ETZ125. Do change the fork oil too, though. Also helps a lot.