Checking Fork Seals

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roncg41677 · #11 Post by **roncg41677** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:41 am

I looked at Dan's Motorcycle Repair Guide and checked out how to replace fork seals. It doesn't look horrible, but I was wondering what your opinions are on how hard it is to replace fork seals?

I've been looking at some bikes (may be trading up) and some of them state that they need new fork seals. If it's not a big deal to do that then it may affect whether or not I consider that bike.

#12 Post by **Wrider** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:34 pm

Honestly it's not that hard. But it really really helps to have someone there to show you the first time or two.
Oh, and make sure you have the seals, washers, etc in the right order, I broke my finger trying to get a fork apart that wasn't in the right order!

roncg41677 · #13 Post by **roncg41677** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:21 pm

Wrider wrote:Oh, and make sure you have the seals, washers, etc in the right order, I broke my finger trying to get a fork apart that wasn't in the right order!

Yikes! I'll be SURE I have a friend with me