leaking forks?

mattjs895 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Karma :

iv noticed some oil on the right hand side fork of my zx9r b1, this indicated to me that the oil seals are leaking.

what i want to know is are the oil seals the only things i have to replace, or are there some other parts as well, not including the oil.
as i want to try to source all the parts i need, then to take them somewhere for the seals to be changed.

cheers
matt

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Yeppers get some new fork seals, might aswell do both as the other one will pop very soon Very Happy

If you want to do a really good job replace the bushes in the forks too.

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

You can try scraping very carefully under the seal with a very thin feeler gauge in case there's some dirt under there causing it to leak.

weasley · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Karma :

^^^ Worked for me with my KDX ^^^
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MarkJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

mattjs895 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Karma :

thanks for the replies, will try this tomorrow,

does anyone know the rough cost to get the seals done at a garage?

cheers
matt