a fork seal's a fork seal... apparently not
Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 4:22 pm
I just installed new K&S fork seals on my A5 a week ago, and today I
was disapointed to discover that a few tablespoons or so of oil had
pooled up in the fork boots... The sliders are clean and smooth, so
I'm assuming that the seals are at fault. I had got them off ebay
for 11 bucks, and now I'm thinking I should have checked the list
archives before assuming any old seal would do the job.
So it looks like some good seals are the Kawasakis? Is there
anyplace on the net that sells them at a decent price? And what
about fork oil? I used a 10W as per the manual, but maybe a 15W
would be better?
Oh well, I'm glad to know the much quicker air pressure method of
seal extraction(thanks to this group)...
Dan Gilk
A5