| Author | Message | ||
     99cyclone |
I tore down my '96 S1 WP forks today to replace the oil and fork seals. On both forks, some seal bits came out with the oil when I drained them. These seals appear to have been broken up and floating in the oil for quite some time, and the forks were working properly as far as I can tell. The seal looks to have been a square cross-section. Looking at the exploded assembly diagram in the manual, I can't tell where this seal may have come from. Could it be a part of the damping rod assembly (exploded view NOT given, supposedly not serviceable)? Anybody know where this seal may have come from? I find it kind of strange that both forks had the same rubber bits floating in the fork oil.  | ||
| Tom_s |
It's not from the damping rod assembly, that's all metal as far as I recall. Hard to say from the pix. Maybe part of an old seal someone ripped up getting out? What counts is that it is out of there. | ||
| Jos51700 |
I know the damper rod in a conventional fork has a rubber or plastic seal on it, so it can seal and control the flow of oil inside the fixed tube. It's been a long time since I did the WP forks, so I can't say for sure. What's the approximate diameter of the mystery bits?  | ||
| 99cyclone |
Kind of hard to tell from the fragments that are left, but I'd say it was about 3/4" in diameter. |
