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12bolt
| | Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 12:56 pm: | 
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I hope that one of the sponsers here get around to developing a bearing cover/cap thingy that could be added over the bearings. Also I would love to see some fork tube covers/boots that could be added without taking the forks apart. |
Xbimmer
| | Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 01:07 pm: |
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O/T but:
I installed these last year and they are doing the job and holding up pretty well. I installed them when I did my fork service, theoretically you could slide them down a removed leg from the top but it might be tough... |
Panhead_dan
| | Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 01:16 pm: |
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The bottom line is dirt, water, and mud getting into the bearings.
Not entirely.
Bearing fitment, loads, Stresses due to application and a buttload of other engineering stuff has to be sorted through in order to assess the situation as well.
There are a number of intelligent, Buell passionate engineering type gurus on this site. What would it take to get one of them to step up to the plate and do some real research? Given the number of interested people involved, the cost could be handled by the group for cheap as long as it was a non-profit situation. If profit is needed, it could come from an upgrade kit engineered from this research sold for profit. I would buy one and I would kick down $50 to help pay for a used wheel to experiment on or whatever. If anyone is interested in this and willing to buy the kit and donating to research costs, say so. The proper guru will no doubt emerge as the profit is proven. |
12bolt
| | Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 01:18 pm: |
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Where did you get those and who makes them? I think those would have saved my fork seals! |
Xbimmer
| | Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 01:31 pm: |
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They're labeled as "Moose Racing Fork Skins", I got the larger than 43mm size in the long length and cut each in half which fits the X fork lower perfectly. Sold by my (ex) local moto accessories dealer.
When I initially installed them I figured it'd fix my blown right seal problem which I suspected may have resulted from the ZTL. I blew another right seal within a few K miles, WTH? Turns out I missed a very tiny corrosion burr at the very bottom of the stanchion, buffed it down, no leaks almost 10k later!  |
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