Can anyone help me do my seals today/tomorrow?

[J.M.]

Bust the seal on the right hand fork riding home, fork oil leaking everywhere. Was close to where I was so gently rode the bike back.

Anyway, upper seal looks to be okay, just shot up, lower seals look kind of broken.

I don't have the parts to do it myself and I'm supposed to be heading down south tomorrow, around 150 miles. Can't really do that unless I can get this fixed.

Is there anyone with the parts/time to help me get it done?

My location is near Hinckley, Leicestershire. Bike is a 2004 Suzuki GS500F with forks from an earlier version of the bike, some E model from the 90s I think.

Got to head home tonight, around another ~3 miles, will that be alright to ride on the busted seal?


EDIT: Just a thought. I still have the parts from my forks which got broken in the crash. I don't know how good/bad they are. Unsure as how to fit them though.
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[P.]

I rode on a blown seal for 9 months.

If you have the seals with you, you are more than welcome to do it here, takes probably.. half hour.

Someone local might be able to do this for you ASAP though!

If you have the lower forks still... you might be able to strip the seals out of that just to "get you by" but they will need swapping before you head to Uni if they start showing signs of leaking.

Did the dust seal pop up the fork? You should have a dust sel which is over the outside then inside the fork there should be a metal retaining ring and then an oil seal. Might have some shit in the seal or have you hit a big hole in the road?

Oh, only real tools you need is either an old seal or a similar diameter bit of pipe, a light hammer and the socket/allen key to strip the forks.

[J.M.]

Didn't quite realise the steepness of the speedbump I was going over for how fast I was going.

Dust seal came up the stancheon and the metal ring popped out but is resting on top of the lower part of the fork now. The inner seal looks gone to be honest.

I lost an awful lot of fork oil on the short ride back from where I did it.
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[P.]

[_Iain_]

Shame, my old left hand forks straight and leak free.
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[J.M.]

[P.]

Fuck me, you want some fresh oil in that bad boy...

You have forced the inner seal out of its cubby hole. you shoudl be able to carefully tap that back in, refit the ring and put the dust seal on to stop the leak.

Fucking hell

Then when you arrive we can change that oil...as that my friend is rancid

[Casper]

You not got a local bike shop? they may have a set of seals in stock. You will need new oil as they look like water has been getting in. Even if you had the seals im sure someone who has done the GS before can talk you through it later tonight. Its an easy job but not if you have never did it before.

[Skudd]

I went to do my fork seals, just a couple of hours I thought, due to some slight hic ups it is now day 7 and they are still in bits, admittedly I'm waiting for some parts that I hadn't planned on, but I.m still trying or rather the guy in the workshop is still trying to seperate the left hand fork.
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[Casper]

[P.]

If you get it so its all sealed back together, squash it all down and bring some seals with you, we'll get it put right in about an hour I reckon

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