Re: Civil discussion only about fork seal leaks

 

Bwaaahahahahaha!

And how would a round fork oval itself without a large blunt instrument?
And an oval fork tube would leak like a sieve anyway.

Drop the subject, there's a good obsessive.


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There's a tool you can get to remove seals in situ, though it destroys
them in so doing. And there's a danger of damaging the fork leg where
the seal sits unless you are *very* careful. Obviously you have to
remove the fork leg from the bike.

It's a weapon of last resort - I last used it when I bought a bike with
a leaking seal, and the previous owner had mangled the allen bolt that
holds leg to stanchion.[1]

[1] He'd also stuffed some rag inside the dust cap to stop the oil
dribbling down and giving the game away, the little tinker.



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 chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) writes:


I usually use a couple sheet metal screws screwed into the seal, and
yes, you really have to worry about scratching the fork. You don't
really have to remove the fork from the bike, but it makes life much
easier.

I much prefer the "fill full of oil and push" drill.

However, I MUCH prefer a pair of "sealsavers" or MX boots, as I haven't
had to replace ANY seals or had any leaks since I've started using
those.

This includes 88,000 miles on my GSX1100G, nearly 50,000 miles on my
SV-650, and whatever mileage on my DL-650.

And I don't give a shit what people think about how it looks. They
aren't the ones in the garage struggling to replace seals and clean up
rock scratches on fork sliders.

-gc

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