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1998 Suzuki VZ 800 Marauder Questions & Answers
I need to know the oil capacity of the front
FORK OIL
• Place the front fork vertically without spring.
• Compress it fully.
• Pour specified front fork oil up to the top level of the outer
tube.
Capacity (each leg): 490 ml (16.6/17.3 US/lmp oz)
99000-99044-L01: SUZUKI FORK OIL L01
or an equivalent fork oil
• Move the inner rod slowly with the special tool ten times and
more until no more bubbles come out from the oil.
09940-52841: Inner rod holder
NOTE:
Refill front fork oil up to the top of the outer tube so that bubbles
are visible while bleeding air.
• Refill specified front fork oil up to the top level of the outer
tube again. Move the outer tube up and down several strokes
until no more bubbles come out from the oil.
• Keep the front fork vertically and wait 5 – 6 minutes.
NOTE:
* Always keep oil level over the cartridge top end, or air may
enter the cartridge during this procedure.
* Take extreme care so as to pump out air completely.
• Hold the front fork vertically and adjust fork oil level with the
special tool.
NOTE:
When adjusting the fork oil level, compress the outer tube fully
without the fork spring.
Fork oil level: 153 mm (6.02 in)
09943-74111: Front fork oil level gauge
What is the spark plug gap why is 1 of my exhust pipe hot and the other is not
Dave:
Your #1 cylinder ( the front cylinder) is not firing. It could be that the spark plug is fouled or improperly gapped, or the carburetor is not delivering gas to the cylinder. pull both spark plugs Clean the plugs and gap them. The gap should be about 0.035 In. (thirty five thousandths). Reconnect the wires to the spark plugs. Lay the spark plugs against the outside of the cylinders with the metal part of the spark plug body touching the cylinder (creating the ground part of the circuit). push the starter and look for spark at both spark plugs. If you have spark at both plugs, put them back in and start the bike and check the exhaust pipes to see if they are both hot. If one is still cold, the carburetor for that cylinder is not delivering gas. Could be a kinked or clogged fuel line, disconnect the fuel line from that carburetor and see if gasoline flows out. If gas flows out, the carburetor needs to be tuned or removed and cleaned.
Spark plugs
Although the problem could indicate a (potentially) expensive electrical fault. It is worth trying the simple (and cheap) fixes first:
Have you tried swaping the Spark plugs (front to rear) If the fault moves with the plug, then A new set will get you sorted.
(Spark plugs may appear OK off the bike, but can break down when under compression)
Can't guarantee that this will work, but well worth a try.
Front cylinder not fireing
Hopefully it's just the spark plug, take it out and check the gap and coloring, clean it and set the gap to the recommended gap, Or take note of the sparkplug coad and get a new one, check with the manufacturer or in your handbook that it is in fact the correct one.
check the connections and lead, they do deteriorate over time, to find out if your on the right track, swap the leads over and see if the other cylinder dose the same thing. Swap the sparkplug over for process of elimination. So if it's still missing we know to check the pickups or cdi unit, there's a possibility its fuel, check the carburetor, is it a twin carb? If so, clean it buy taking the bowl of and draining out the fuel, you should do this occasionally anyway. Check the fuel filter while you're at it. Good luck
Changed cam, crank and the piston still hits the
check for carbon build up in the valve seat to assure it is seating properly. If no problem found than you have installed a cam that has a lobe to raked for your application. check to be sure that you were sent the correct cam by mic ing it out. Right box wrong part is 20% of all return parts issues across the board
Piston psi difference
one carb not getting all the gas it needs,,,,Hence weak fule pump. getting to first carb then fades
CYCLE STARTS FINE, FRONT WHEEL ROLLS BUT
Check for failed bearings with the engine in neutral and then roll it back and forwards. If there is only a small bit of movement you may have a locked gearbox (in one of the gears. Or it could be the shaft drive mechanism) try and rotate the rear wheel bearings with the wheel removed from the bike. This will tell you if the fault is with the wheel or the transmission.
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