| Author | Message | ||
     Stevem123 |
Well I guess I can't complain much. 33K miles and lots of hard wheelie drops. First bike I have ever had that a fork seal went south on. At least I have the tools and the parts are cheap! BC Steve | ||
| New12r |
I had mine go at 24k, but Mine has also been jumped numerous times too, wheelies and especially stoppies will do ya in. I can do a fork seal job on both fork in about an hour and I dont have any of the tools. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Have you tried the grit-removing trick with a hook-shaped thin plastic piece? I think they use tear-offs or camera film. Just saying, what if it's just a little grit. | ||
| Maximum |
I have done both. At 23,000 miles my right fork began to leak a relatively clear liquid. I replace all the seals and switched the fluid to synthetic oil (and of course I took the opportunity to have my forks powder coated). The synthetic oil seemed to stiffen up the front end a little, which seemed nice until both forks started leaking in just 3-4 thousand miles. This time it was leaking a very dirty, graphite grey looking fluid. I used the ole plastic film trick and things were fine for about another 5 thousand miles. This time I replaced my fork oil with the HD dyno oil (screaming Eagle) but I left the same seals in place. We'll see how that holds up over the next few thousand miles. I was thinking that the synthetic oil I used last time was just not compatible with the Buell seals...but time will tell. |
