fork seals. don't blow them....

[Richard Decker]

I took mine apart, drained and cleaned them with out any special tools. I havent noticed anything wierd... -Rich in Newberg OR (who hasnt ridden in over a year because he cant find his title to register his damned bike!)

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Jim Tegler wrote: Howdy, I had a fork seal start to go last September and didn't notice the oil leak at first but, rather that the bike was developing a nasty tendency to dive to one side during really hard braking. The fork seal eventually blew seriously and the oil was a big splurt on the rad cover. This was the right fork, btw. Anyways, I was OK once I learned to compensate for the strange and awkward lurch to the right during a hard to moderate stop. I still haven't refoined my bike this year, but 1st thing I'm doing is replace the left/right fork seals and the upper and lower bushings. I am a few days behind in my reading but, someone suggested the only special tool needed was a drift to reseat the seals. This isn't true as I understand. An unusual rod with a nut is needed to separate the upper and lower fork halves. Happy riding, Jim A5 __________________________________________________________ Learn more ways to connect with your buddies now http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734388

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