Old Okie
Old Okie
Still working on the '78 XS400E. The last thing is fork seals, finished that today.
I searched for seals for the XS400 and found none. No dust boots either. I measured the fork tubes and ordered seals and boots for a Honda CX500, 1978/79 model. The seals and boots worked perfect. The Yamaha fork tubes were rusty and rough and would probably
ruin the seals so I put Honda CX500 fork tubes in the Yamaha lowers. The internal parts of the fork tubes are identical from Yamaha to Honda in this case.The whole assembly is about 3/4 inch longer than the Yamaha forks so I slid them up the triple tree so as not to modify the height of the bike. The Yamaha fork tubes must be made from tin cans because they rust so easily. The Honda fork tubes seem to never rust. The Honda tubes may be a little stiffer than the Yammy's, more about that when I get to ride the bike.
Also, thanks to all the guys on this forum who have sent parts to me. This project could not happen without help with spare parts and info from this forum.
I searched for seals for the XS400 and found none. No dust boots either. I measured the fork tubes and ordered seals and boots for a Honda CX500, 1978/79 model. The seals and boots worked perfect. The Yamaha fork tubes were rusty and rough and would probably
ruin the seals so I put Honda CX500 fork tubes in the Yamaha lowers. The internal parts of the fork tubes are identical from Yamaha to Honda in this case.The whole assembly is about 3/4 inch longer than the Yamaha forks so I slid them up the triple tree so as not to modify the height of the bike. The Yamaha fork tubes must be made from tin cans because they rust so easily. The Honda fork tubes seem to never rust. The Honda tubes may be a little stiffer than the Yammy's, more about that when I get to ride the bike.
Also, thanks to all the guys on this forum who have sent parts to me. This project could not happen without help with spare parts and info from this forum.