Fork Removal Help??

[lucky rsm]

Hi two weeks ago i found my left fork leaking and had the seal changed at a garage for the sum of £80,

I get home tonight to find the right seal is now leaking (typical)

I'd like to take the fork off and take it to the garage to save some cash,

Can someone give me a quick step by step of how to remove the fork

Bike is a GSX650F K9

Many thank's Reg
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cb500s, er6f, er6f, Gsx650fK9

[Mikey CB500]

A garage that only changes a single fork seal at a time?

Jeeze i'd steer clear of that place in future haha

[Babba]

With the greatest respect, I'd suggest that anyone who's looking for a step by step guide to removing a fork leg, pays a garage approx £80 to let them do it for them.

Ask permission (often granted) to stand by the mechanic while they do it so you can pick up a few pointers & hopefully be confident enuff to do similar things yourself one day.

Incidentally, paying £80 to wheel a bike in & have a fork seal replaced isn't a bad price. It may only have cost you an extra £20 to have the other one done at the same time.

IMO, it's a bad garage that wouldn't have recommended that course of action, did they recommend it & you tried to save £money?

I know of a few garages where the clueless & witless walk in & ride out a £100's worse off.

[Noxious89123]

Sure they didn't just swap then left and right seals over?
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[lucky rsm]

Swapping the fork's over did make me wonder if that could be done.

No they didn't mention about doing both, and it didn't occur to me to get both done i just thought it would only be the one that would need doin.

Finally bought myself a haynes manual after owing the bike for two years, am gonna take the fork off and take it to be done as it's cheaper and doesn't seem that hard, i cant beleive that the only thing stopping the forks from just sliding through the yoke's is those little pinch bolt's!!!! I thought there would be a welded collar or something on the fork to stop it, but oh well.
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cb500s, er6f, er6f, Gsx650fK9

[Noxious89123]

It's pretty easy job to remove the forks, the trickier bit is working out how to support the bike. I put mine on its centre stand then used loads of wooden blocks under the down pipes to support it. When on the centre stand, there is very little weight on the front on the bike.

Then it's just a case of removing the mudguard, brake calipers (I used some wire with a hook shape bent into each end to put through the caliper bolt holes and hung them off the bottom yoke.) and handlebars, axle and finally the wheel. Undo pinch bolts and slide out

Make sure the front of the bike is high enough so that when you drop the forks down you can remove them from the bottom yoke before they hit the floor! I didn't think about this and only had about an inch to spare. Also the forks might need a bit of wriggling and twisting to get out of the yokes once loosened, but they might also slide out under their own weight, so don't drop them onto the floor!
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'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[P.addy]

If you get stuck you aren't massively far from me, its a piece of cake job once you have learnt how to do it

[lucky rsm]

Okay thank's guys, gonna do it sat morn however, i dont have a centre stand or paddock stand that fit's at the centre of the bike, however i've devised a way to lean the bike over on the side stand and tie it to the rafters in the garage to stabalize, lol, should be fun to do.........
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cb500s, er6f, er6f, Gsx650fK9

[st3v3]

£80 for a seal? Seriously?
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[lucky rsm]

Yeh £80, i dunno if that's dear or not but suppose it's an hour's labour £40 - £60 plus seal and oil £20 - £30.

That's why i want to take this one off so hopefully i can save £40 - £50
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cb500s, er6f, er6f, Gsx650fK9

[Babba]

[Rogerborg]

Bit of thin plastic or a feeler gauge, wiggle it up around the seal, see if that fixes it. If not, you lost 5 minutes.
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