when you remove the pump from the Schrader valve after you have put the air in, you let a lot of the air out, inadvertently no matter how fast you spin that connection from the pump to the valve. These shocks and forks, hold such a small amount of air, that you can let all the air out that you just put in just by unscrewing the pump. take a reading now after you’ve removed the pump with a separate gauge and see how much air is in there, if any. Just taking a pressure reading with a pencil gauge lets out a few pounds. I have a video on my CZcams channel showing how to put air in the system without losing any air using your home compressor. Just have your air compressor tank at the exact air pressure you want in your shock. And use a push on air chuck to put air in the shock. When you press the chuck onto the Schrader valve, if you only have 40 pounds in your tank of your compressor, your shock will equalize .. with the air compressor tank. For doing the forks, which takes 7 pounds each, you have to lower the pressure in your air tank of your compressor down to 7 pounds and do the same, hold the air chuck on each fork valve, it can’t be a screw on tape because that will let air out as you unscrew it. It Hass to be a push on type air chuck, then equalize each fork with the 7 pounds you have in your Compressor tank.. I have two videos, showing how I do this procedure, and it takes literally one second to put the air in just by pressing the air chuck connected to the hose from your air tank onto the Schrader valve. Then I take a pressure reading with a simple, pencil gauge.
The problem with this system is, you cannot be fast enough to get that air pump off of the Schrader valve without losing possibly all the air out of the Forks and maybe 10 pounds of air out of the rear shock. listen to this video closely, you will hear those little escapes of air as he is installing and removing the pump on the Schrader valve… The forks hold so small amount of air, that you can loose all of the air out in a second while unscrewing that fitting.. I have put a video here on youtube showing how I put the EXACT pressure into any air fork and shock with ZERO chance of over inflation in less than a second every time. my video is Yamaha venture air fork adding air safely
A lot of ventures have a squeaking issue coming from the back. Most of the time it is the Cush drive pins that need greased. Your wheel has a hub with a large gear that is attached to the wheel when you remove it. That large gear plugs into the final drive housing on your final drive, and is held on by the axle. That gear is attached to a hub that has six pins on it. Those pins plug into the wheel into metal bushings that are inside of hard rubber shock absorbers.. all motorcycles for street use have some type of a cushioning device in the final drive line to absorb the violence of shifting gears and hitting the gas and letting off the gas. That is pretty tough on transmissions. I’ve never seen a motorcycle that did not have some type of a rubber absorption device in the final drive somewhere to absorb the shock of shifting gears. Cars have it in rubber mounted engines and transmissions. motorcycles mostly have solid mounted engines so they have to put the shock absorber in the driveline in the final drive hub. There are lots of people that say if you were Venture is making noise that you can’t find, it’s usually that push drive in the back wheel that needs the pins greased. Do you need a snap ring pliers that open till at least one and a quarter inches to get the snap ring off to get that Kush drive hub off of the spindle it is attached to. I have a video on CZcams , It is in titled Yamaha royal star venture rear wheel maintenance if you wanna see what I’m talking about.. I am interested in the address or contact information for having my shock absorber rebuilt. At least have the seal replaced and the oil changed. I’m not sure but I think my shock leaks because the rubber boot is stained but no drips. There is not much of an alternative or selection of replacement upgrades on the Internet for the Venture rear shock.. I had a 2002 Yamaha royal star venture midnight version a few years ago. I actually changed the oil in the rear shock by draining it out through the air hose, and slowly replacing it through the air hose. I only put in as much as I go out. It seemed to work fine. That oil gets cooked. Are used to road race motorcycles.. I know race bike teams they change the oil in their shocks after every race weekend. And they say it comes out of the shock pretty dark. And when they rebuild shocks that have not had the oil changed in a year, it comes out almost black. I know the shock absorbers on race bikes get too hot to touch, from firsthand experience, pun intended..
Zip jody here I just watched this video of you putting air in your suspension on your 2013. You mention a squeak in the video you’re chasing. I don’t remember where I read it, but they say noise coming from the back of a royal star venture that you can’t figure out what it is, could be that clutch hub that is mounted in the 6 Rubber cush bushings..I did a video on that titled royal star venture rear wheel maintenance or something like that. I point out the cush drive hub.. they call it a clutch hub in the service manual. But when I took mine out of the wheel to grease it, it was rusty. I wear earplugs so I don’t hear the noises coming from the engine unless they’re really loud. But I would not have been surprised if I did hear squeaking..That may be what you are hearing on your 2013 from the rear
This pump is not The ideal way to put air in your shock, and especially not in your forks. Listen to the video. As you are screwing that on to the Schrader valve, you can hear it letting air out. Not only that, when you get the hose attached to the air valve on your fork, you are letting air out of the forks, just filling the air hose on the air pump. Then, when you go to remove the air hose from the fork valve, you’re going to be letting more air out… if you have watched my video on using just an air chuck on the end of your garage, compressor, air hose, with only 7 pounds of air in the compressor tank for the forks, and only 20 or 30 pounds whatever pressure you want in your shock, then you press that Aircheck on there, not screw it on, but press it on, and that’s all the air you can put in there is whatever is in the tank for pressure. Since you’re using a press on Aircheck, you’re not gonna lose air by unscrewing it ..
when you remove the pump from the Schrader valve after you have put the air in, you let a lot of the air out, inadvertently no matter how fast you spin that connection from the pump to the valve. These shocks and forks, hold such a small amount of air, that you can let all the air out that you just put in just by unscrewing the pump.
take a reading now after you’ve removed the pump with a separate gauge and see how much air is in there, if any. Just taking a pressure reading with a pencil gauge lets out a few pounds.
I have a video on my CZcams channel showing how to put air in the system without losing any air using your home compressor. Just have your air compressor tank at the exact air pressure you want in your shock. And use a push on air chuck to put air in the shock. When you press the chuck onto the Schrader valve, if you only have 40 pounds in your tank of your compressor, your shock will equalize .. with the air compressor tank. For doing the forks, which takes 7 pounds each, you have to lower the pressure in your air tank of your compressor down to 7 pounds and do the same, hold the air chuck on each fork valve, it can’t be a screw on tape because that will let air out as you unscrew it. It Hass to be a push on type air chuck, then equalize each fork with the 7 pounds you have in your Compressor tank..
I have two videos, showing how I do this procedure, and it takes literally one second to put the air in just by pressing the air chuck connected to the hose from your air tank onto the Schrader valve. Then I take a pressure reading with a simple, pencil gauge.
The problem with this system is, you cannot be fast enough to get that air pump off of the Schrader valve without losing possibly all the air out of the Forks and maybe 10 pounds of air out of the rear shock. listen to this video closely, you will hear those little escapes of air as he is installing and removing the pump on the Schrader valve… The forks hold so small amount of air, that you can loose all of the air out in a second while unscrewing that fitting..
I have put a video here on youtube showing how I put the EXACT pressure into any air fork and shock with ZERO chance of over inflation in less than a second every time.
my video is
Yamaha venture air fork adding air safely
A lot of ventures have a squeaking issue coming from the back. Most of the time it is the Cush drive pins that need greased. Your wheel has a hub with a large gear that is attached to the wheel when you remove it. That large gear plugs into the final drive housing on your final drive, and is held on by the axle. That gear is attached to a hub that has six pins on it. Those pins plug into the wheel into metal bushings that are inside of hard rubber shock absorbers.. all motorcycles for street use have some type of a cushioning device in the final drive line to absorb the violence of shifting gears and hitting the gas and letting off the gas. That is pretty tough on transmissions. I’ve never seen a motorcycle that did not have some type of a rubber absorption device in the final drive somewhere to absorb the shock of shifting gears. Cars have it in rubber mounted engines and transmissions. motorcycles mostly have solid mounted engines so they have to put the shock absorber in the driveline in the final drive hub. There are lots of people that say if you were Venture is making noise that you can’t find, it’s usually that push drive in the back wheel that needs the pins greased. Do you need a snap ring pliers that open till at least one and a quarter inches to get the snap ring off to get that Kush drive hub off of the spindle it is attached to. I have a video on CZcams , It is in titled Yamaha royal star venture rear wheel maintenance if you wanna see what I’m talking about..
I am interested in the address or contact information for having my shock absorber rebuilt. At least have the seal replaced and the oil changed. I’m not sure but I think my shock leaks because the rubber boot is stained but no drips. There is not much of an alternative or selection of replacement upgrades on the Internet for the Venture rear shock..
I had a 2002 Yamaha royal star venture midnight version a few years ago. I actually changed the oil in the rear shock by draining it out through the air hose, and slowly replacing it through the air hose. I only put in as much as I go out. It seemed to work fine. That oil gets cooked. Are used to road race motorcycles.. I know race bike teams they change the oil in their shocks after every race weekend. And they say it comes out of the shock pretty dark. And when they rebuild shocks that have not had the oil changed in a year, it comes out almost black. I know the shock absorbers on race bikes get too hot to touch, from firsthand experience, pun intended..
Also the wheel itself gets a lube job
getting squeaking from the front forks, pumped with air (7 psi) not as squeaky put still there. Any ideas?
You need to put an extension on those inflator spots.
Zip
jody here
I just watched this video of you putting air in your suspension on your 2013. You mention a squeak in the video you’re chasing.
I don’t remember where I read it, but they say noise coming from the back of a royal star venture that you can’t figure out what it is, could be that clutch hub that is mounted in the 6 Rubber cush bushings..I did a video on that titled royal star venture rear wheel maintenance or something like that. I point out the cush drive hub.. they call it a clutch hub in the service manual. But when I took mine out of the wheel to grease it, it was rusty. I wear earplugs so I don’t hear the noises coming from the engine unless they’re really loud. But I would not have been surprised if I did hear squeaking..That may be what you are hearing on your 2013 from the rear
Yes been there and serviced that also
This pump is not The ideal way to put air in your shock, and especially not in your forks. Listen to the video. As you are screwing that on to the Schrader valve, you can hear it letting air out. Not only that, when you get the hose attached to the air valve on your fork, you are letting air out of the forks, just filling the air hose on the air pump. Then, when you go to remove the air hose from the fork valve, you’re going to be letting more air out… if you have watched my video on using just an air chuck on the end of your garage, compressor, air hose, with only 7 pounds of air in the compressor tank for the forks, and only 20 or 30 pounds whatever pressure you want in your shock, then you press that Aircheck on there, not screw it on, but press it on, and that’s all the air you can put in there is whatever is in the tank for pressure. Since you’re using a press on Aircheck, you’re not gonna lose air by unscrewing it ..
Would this be the same on a 2004 ?
99-2013 are considered 2nd gen RSV.