Rear shock capacity

In the Shed
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Hi Guys,
Please can anyone tell me the oil capacity for a 1000FE standard rear shock. Clymer manual says 120cl but on a web site i’ve seen detailing strip & rebuild it says 320cl. Big difference. Any ideas ??

Thanks
Paul.

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I have a vf1000fe but have not yet rebuilt the rear damper but it states in the service Manuel 120cl

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http://honda.vf1000.com/998cc-dohc-v-4/

its free to download and its 92Mb

section 15 or 16 under suspension

this download has made my rebuild possible

Lloyd or windysolar1

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Thanks for the info. That will put me one step closer to being back on the road. Shame summer’s nearly over !!

Paul.

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having lost some ATF fluid from my rear shock while i was preparing it ready for spraying, i decided to empty the the whole contents out and re-seal it, the manual states that the shock capacity is 120ml, there was exactly 430ml of ATF came out of my shock. below is a link to jamie daugherty rear shock rebuild, i think most people will have seen it before but its interesting stuff if your thinking of messing around with your shock there’s some useful info there

http://www.daughertymotorsports.com/howto/Rearshock/shockrebuild.html

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Hi fellas
Can anyone please tell me the length of the standard shock eye to eye,
the reason i am asking is just bought a cbr f4 shock to do the jd conversion if anyone has their shock off at the moment any chance you could measure it[:I]
it is a vf1000 fe
cheers

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hi john, just measured the rear shock before i put it back in, from center top eye to center bottom eye it measures 400mm, just as a matter of interest how long is the CBR shock

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vfp
the shock i have is 305 but i cannot tell if this is the full length as it is on the hardest setting and i do not have a shock spanner to adjust it
cheers john