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Fork oil ....will it be ok?

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Old 03-07-2013, 05:58 PM
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So due to a screw up I ended up with a bottle of extra heavy and a bottle of heavy fork oil. Of course I didn't realize this until I had ten ounces into one leg and six ounces in the other AND had the second bottle opened up and the last four ounces poured into the measuring cup.

Question: Should I drain and combine all twenty ounces then divide equally into forks? Or drain and combine ALL thirty two ounces and then fill fork legs?
 
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If you are looking for a certain viscosity:

http://widman.biz/English/Calculators/Mixtures.html
 
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i think i would drain the legs, mix, and devide between the two. extra heavy duty in my opinion is too heavy....steve
 
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you could drain them and mix the 2 equally. but that would give you a stiffer front end than the heavy and many people find the heavy too stiff.

best bet, get the viscosity that you want and do it again. right this time.
 
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I got the extra heavy by accident, I bought some 5 wt and mixed it with it.
 
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Really torqued that I made that mistake
 
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Originally Posted by skratch
you could drain them and mix the 2 equally. but that would give you a stiffer front end than the heavy and many people find the heavy too stiff.

best bet, get the viscosity that you want and do it again. right this time.
 
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Drain it, throw it away and get yourself some 15 wt. BelRay or Maxima. Then live happily ever after.
 
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