| Author | Message | ||
     Xbimmer |
Couldn't get my stator fixed this past week because the right fork seal blew out. Undertook the repairs yesterday, all you guys who pay people to do your fork stuff can relax, it's a piece of cake with the right tools.  This is how I finished it up. What do you think?   I've been wanting some sort of boot over my sliders since I bought my Uly, blowing out the right seal at only 32k confirmed the need. They actually look great in person and provide a great dirt/debris barricade for the seals, and the way I installed them no ties were needed although I put some on for redundancy. We'll see how things work out the next 20+k this year but I suspect my fork sliders will stay clean clean clean now! | ||
| Bertotti |
Where oh where did you find those. Nice! | ||
| Jameslaugesen |
Very nice, I've also been looking for something like that... I really should've put them on right from the start. Is it possible to install them without removing slide from the fork tube? Could I remove the forks from the triple clamps and slide the boots on from the top? | ||
| Mike_dinger |
X, great idea! Looks good! No potential interference with the slider and tube? | ||
| Xbimmer |
The supplier to my local moto sports accessories dealer is Parts Ultd, they're packaged as Moose Racing Fork Skins although the stuff in the package is marked PC Racing. I did some inet stuff and found another company marketing a similar item called Seal Savers, but these were on the shelf and when I brought a disassembled fork in yesterday to check for sizing I decided on the larger 44-50mm diameter longer boot for dirt bikes. The up-to-43mm diameter shorter boots they had were too short for what I wanted and there's no way they'd stretch over the Uly's outer tube IMO. With where I wanted to locate the boots, with the front end in the air the distance from the axle holding casting at the bottom to the outer fork bottom was 8.5". Benefit to buying the longer boots was after cutting them to that length I have two other boots of the short length. I wanted total coverage down to the lower castings, if this proves to retain water for any reason I'll replace with the short sections. The price for the long versions was $28 but after cutting I now have a free pair of $20 shorties!  Wife and I took a test ride this a.m. without the lower fender attached, the boots stayed in place perfectly. Under compression they bulge slightly about the middle w/o interference. Got home and reattached the lower fender, put on zip ties top and bottom ( I want total dust sealing ) and went for another check. The locking ends of the zip ties clear everything when positioned toward the front where the fender is more open. Overall I'm pretty pleased for now. The neoprene construction is water repellent but not waterproof, that's my only concern and if the total coverage of the lower slider becomes a problem I have a Plan B. Since they're one-piece I think they'd best be installed with the fork disassembled ( over the lower end of the outer tube before reassembly ) but I guess they could be installed by pulling it verrrry carefully down from the top of an assembled fork leg. In any case yes the forks need to come off the bike. Been running accordions on all my bikes in the past with conventional forks, this is the next best thing IMHO considering the USD fork's limited clearance on my Uly. (Message edited by xbimmer on August 19, 2007) (Message edited by xbimmer on August 19, 2007) | ||
| Jameslaugesen |
Thanks for the details Looks very cool, I never considered putting them the full length of the bottom tube... I like it! It would be great if you could post a couple of photos (or email to me if you wish and I can host & post them for you). I'm interested in how they behave under compression. |
