| Author | Message | ||
     Bluzm2 |
Well, I finally got a chance to replace the fork seals and swap out the 06 springs for the progressive wound 07 version. I won't get a chance to ride it until tomorrow so I can't say anything regarding the change. The fork seal change was pretty easy really. I used a PVC coupler sawed in half as the seal driver. Before I split it, I used a die grinder to remove the internal ridge before I split it lengthwise. I chamfered the inner edge so as to not nick the seal lip. I used a hose clamp to clamp it to the fork tube. It worked very well. About 5 taps and the seal and bushing was seated. I did run into a problem with the left leg. Seems it's binding a bit toward the full compression end of the stroke. As I ran my hand over the fork tube, I could feel a slight bump. Hard to describe but I think the tube got bent a very slight amount when the previous owner dropped the bike. I put it back together but I'm going to have to replace the left tube this winter or when it starts leaking. I'm going to order the part tomorrow to have it on hand. When I redo it, I'll take lots of pics. Most of this has been covered before but I'll do it again anyway. One thing I was concerned about was the amount of oil. I only had one quart of oil when I ordered the seals and bushings from American Sport Bike. As it turns out, you have about 2 oz left after you do both sides. That's setting the level to 6.5" (172mm). All in all, a pretty straight forward job. I think I could probably do the left seal in less than an hour now. Brad | ||
| Growl |
Thank you for your account, my right seal has started leaking. | ||
| Metaldude |
Post pics of your custom built tools. Changing the spring on my '06 is on my to-do list! | ||
| Thesmaz |
Hmmm, I think one of us did something wrong when adding the oil to the forks. When I finished mine I had 2 oz left in EACH bottle of fork oil - 1 bottle per side. Hopefully someone will chime in and set us straight. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Yikes! I think if you put that much in, you'll get hydralic lockup as the fork compresses! You did have the the spring out and the fork compressed right? As far as special tools, none really. I used the ratchet strap and bent wire hook to compress the spring. It worked great. It doesn't take much to compress the springs.. I'll post a pic of the PVC coupler I used to drive the seals in. Brad BTW, there is a VERY noticible difference in the way it drives. I put on about 20 miles this early afternoon, I likie a lot... Need to tweak the preload and dampning a bit but it's already way better than before. Also, the sticky left isn't noticible and no leaks.... Wahoo! | ||
| Tootal |
Here's Anonymous's answer: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=142838&post=741654#POST741654 | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The 06 to 07 spring swap is one of the best cheap suspension mods that can be done on the Uly. Made worlds of difference on mine. | ||
| Thesmaz |
I did mine how Anony listed, 172mm from top of the tube when fully compressed - almost one bottle per tube. I put about 1.2K miles on before it died and it rode fine. Need to get it up in the Alps and get the front end fine tuned though - running the 07 stock settings now. |
