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Replacing Fork Seals - woodscrew technique or full strip?

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sickpup
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PostPosted: 09:32 - 07 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
tom_e wrote:
It's a 1 million % certainty.


Ted wrote:
Really? Sad



In my experience most seals fail due to a rocking back and forth motion of the fork leg. If the seals go it generally means the bush has as well.
I have always told people on here to do the bushes when they do the seals and other than Bonny having the seal put in upside down by an 'experienced' mechanic no one who has done both has had an instant failure or a failure at all as far as I know.]
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stirlinggaz
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PostPosted: 10:49 - 08 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
sickpup wrote:


Or just buy a set of these and use a windy gun.


Hi,
How long are those bits sickpup? I need some new ones & like the fact they come with a 17mm version (handy for the car)
It probably says somewhere in the listing, but I can't see it.
op : sorry for thread hijack.

cheers,
GAZ
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sickpup
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PostPosted: 14:43 - 10 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
stirlinggaz wrote:
Hi,
How long are those bits sickpup? I need some new ones & like the fact they come with a 17mm version (handy for the car)
It probably says somewhere in the listing, but I can't see it.
op : sorry for thread hijack.

cheers,
GAZ


No idea, long enough to do fork damper bolts is the best I can say.
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Ted
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PostPosted: 00:01 - 15 Nov 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, did one fork seal this evening. Pig of a job.

There wasn't a great deal of room for a screw, and it thought it best to dismantle.

Probably shouldn't have tried to do it in a public car park, but didn't really have anywhere else to do it.

Things didn't go great, and was all rushed back together.

I had to remove part of the exhaust from my car to knock the new seal in.


I'll inspect it all tomorrow, but I think it'll have to come apart again.
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