Fork Fluid Drain Plugs

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82ndAirborne

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I had the front wheel off to change the tire so I finally got around to changing the fork Oil for the first time in four years...I know..I know. Anyway...a 7/32 Hex wrench seemed to fit so I gave it a good twist and to my surprise the wrench twisted out... wrong size. I had already tried 1/4 and it was too big. WTF!!! I put the 7/32 back in and could feel some play. Could this possibly be metric? I tried a #6 metric...perfect! Question; has anyone else encountered this? Seems crazy to me that the whole bike is SAE except for these drain plugs. I thought I would post this to alert others.
 

Rottweiler

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Yeah I know. I found some that a metric seems to fit better. Good to have a complete set of both. Keep trying until you find the best fit.
 
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