| Author | Message | ||
     Pkforbes87 |
I'm two days away from a road trip on the Uly, and I can't get the fork seals driven back in. Called every shop I could think of in the area - none have a 43mm driver. I tried PVC pipe - looks like it would work perfectly but it doesn't. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. I covered everything in fork oil to try to make it drive in easier. I've got 1-1/2" pipe cut in half, wrapped around the fork leg. Smacking the 1-1/2" pieces with another two joined halves of 2" ID pipe as hard as im comfortable smacking it. no joy.. Is there another trick to this? Do I just need to put more balls behind the driving action on the PVC pipe "driver" I already made? | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Seems I used the lower leg as a slide hammer against the split PVC pipe. I'm pretty sure I didn't have to work it very hard,just tapped right in. | ||
| Sifo |
I know some Ducatis use 43 mm forks. If you have a Duc dealer near by they should be able to help you out. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I thought about using the lower leg as the hammer, but I slid the tube all the way down to see how things measured up, and I'd be doing all sorts of damage to the dust seal without getting the oil seal where it belongs. Never thought of trying a duc dealer. I'll call them tomorrow. Meanwhile I'll be in the garage trying to make the pvc pipe work. Thanks. | ||
| Tepiddeath |
The PVC should work fine, I have used it many times in a pinch. Make sure you have the bushing and the spacer seal washer seated properly, otherwise you can bang all you want and it won't go in. To check, slide the fork seal out of the way, and use the PVC to "hammer" on the spacer, this will seat the bushing. Then remove the PVC, slide the seal into place, and reinsert the PVC and "hammer" the seal in place. Good Luck | ||
| Pwnzor |
+1 Tepid's method. That sucker has to be sitting in there just so, or it won't go in. | ||
| Tepiddeath |
Too bad my Buell fork rebuild movie is still in editing! | ||
| Just_ziptab |
OK,I must have been thinking about something else..........been a few years since I put one together.  Now I'm going to have to find my split PVC and see if I rigged some sort of spacer to protect the dust boot......while I used the leg as a slide hammer. Just seems so "yeah,that's how I did it"... | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
Doh! The guide bushing wasn't seating properly. I took the guide bushing, spacer, and oil seal off the other fork leg and placed them in the empty fork tube to visualize how everything should seat. Realized the bushing was my problem, so drove it in first with the pvc. Spacer dropped in perfectly, and the oil seal followed without too much trouble. Btw, the flange that the guide bushing slips past is a little rough in both of my fork tubes. Neither looks damaged, more like they've been that way since manufactured. That rough edge is what made the guide bushing tough to get in the right place. Thanks a million Tepid! I owe you a beer at the next Homecoming! Ok whew, now just one more fork to go and we'll see how I can screw up the process of filling them both with oil. | ||
| Tepiddeath |
You owe me nothing... just glad to be part of the solution today!!! |
