ZX6-R fork seals and a knocking sound

dudders7 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Nov 2010 Karma :

G'day all, took my ZX6-R to the garage today as wanted a couple of things checked out. The fork seals are leaking which I knew already and are in dire need of replacement. I have the replacements, but... the garage have decided its a 3 hour job so that's $250 (in Sydney) I am also planning to get them to give the whole bike a thorough going over to make sure that even though she sounds perfect she works perfectly as well.

That's $500 for a major service which is fine as you have to do what you have to do. But $250 for a seal change?!! What sort of bike specific tools do you need to do it yourself? I am an engineer so pretty handy with the tools.

Also, there is a quite annoying knocking coming from the front wheel, bearings were my first thought but they seem pretty tight. Any ideas?
Cheers all
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Pads or discs not in tip top condition?

Forks, on yours are right way up.. so you could DIY for the price of seals and oil.

dudders7 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Nov 2010 Karma :

flumpy7 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 31 May 2008 Karma :

When does the knocking occur? I get a small knock whenever I first pull the brake lever...turned out its just the pads moving about a bit....doesn't affect anything else so i'm not bothered about it. If you've got a means of holding up the front end then DIY the seals!
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MarkJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

The knocking might also be work fork bushes.

Spelling edit: worn, not work

unitynotsocri... · Banned Joined: 29 Jun 2011 Karma :

fork bushes maybe ,but check the head bearings and the bars for free,unlumpy movement.
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stonesie · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Karma :

Could also be the brake discs moving on the bobbins, mine do this and I was told they were shagged, so I got some new oem (sunstar) discs (ebay bargain) and they are exactly the same Rolling Eyes

I refitted the old ones, plenty of meat left so why waste them..

dudders7 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Nov 2010 Karma :

Thanks for all the replies, got up bright and early today and adjusted the chain before work and the knocking is gone. Said to the garage yesterday that I was sure the chain was the knocking sound but they focused on the front wheel.. Good mechanics eh!
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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

fuck going to mechanics over here... I'm thinking about setting up a half-price mechanic thing as a part time job over here, so let me know if you're interested. I don't really have the facilities to do anything that involves structural parts being removed due to no stands or anything though, so that rules out fork seals.
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