| Author | Message | ||
     Crowdog |
Right front fork seal leaking pretty bad with the rotor being on that side it can't wait. Who out there has done the repair themselves and how did it go. Looks like quite a production in the manual but as always there has to be a better way. I did a search and didn't come up with much and it sure isn't in the budget to take it to the shop, and what fork oil do you guys recommend? | ||
| Panhead_dan |
It's easy and has been covered here lot's before. You don't need the 3 special tools the manual says. Seal driver is a 3" piece of 1-1/2 pcv pipe cut in half lenghthways. Clamp is your tripple trees. Can't remember the third one. I think it was a device that measures fluid level. Use a piece of cardboard from a cereal box bent like an "L". Also, be sure to install the seal clip with the flat side to the shoulder in the groove, not toward the seal. | ||
| Crowdog |
Is there a step by step link anywhere for fork seals on badweb? I can't seem to find it if there is. Thanks Dan for that bit of info. | ||
| Gamdh |
Try this one... it has info and a few additional links as well http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/487094.html?1250796419 | ||
| Xbimmer |
Get the bars out of the way, makes it easier. Loosen the top clamp pinch bolts and the top caps before loosening the lower clamp pinch bolts. You don't have to remove the dampers to replace the seals, but you will have to pump them to get all the fluid out. I bought all the tools (Race Tech compressor, Motion Pro fluid level adjuster and seal driver) because they make the job easy and cost way less than paying someone to service the forks just once. Layout of the parts:  Make sure the lower stanchion is clean and pit-free. Might as well replace the bushings too, they're cheap. | ||
| Crowdog |
Thanks fella's extremely helpful as usual! | ||
| Swampy |
I have made fork tube holders by cutting notches out of 2X4s and screwing them or clamping them together to pinch the fork between them. Then the 2X4 can be screwed to the work bench to hold the tube while you are working on it. I also made a compression tool by cutting a slot out of a 2X4 and then drilling through it to slide bolts though to compress the spring. The only problem I had was getting the new bushing and seal in place.....just don't force it with the PVC tool slow and easy is the word. |
