[gregs656]

Now, the haynes is vauge about this, and i've never done it before.

i'm hoping im right in thinking its a simple case of removing the dust seal, getting the fork seal out, putting the new one back in and roberts your mothers brother

(I know i need to then put new oil in)

I'm hoping i dont need to dismantle the forks, its seems abit excesive . . . can any one clear this up for me?

cheers,
Greg

 

[DJUnreal]

Nope, afraid I can't. Not if you spill oil all over the floor anyway... You're gonna need degreaser to get it off your drive!

 

[gregs656]

parafin FTW,

seriously though, i'd quite like some info on this before i attack it.

 

[DJUnreal]

Me too, I might be undertaking the same surgery!

 

[tzr freak]

i think you can do it without dismantling,but you haver to be really carefull that you dont damage ANYTHING while you try an prise it out

 

[gregs656]

yer knew that, dont wanna damage the stantions etc.

Come on, someone must have done them selves and can give us abit of advice!

 

[sammas]

yer knew that, dont wanna damage the stantions etc.

Come on, someone must have done them selves and can give us abit of advice!

i done mine few weeks ago. dad helped me tho he's done them before so knew what he was doing.
first i tryed doing them without taking them apart but its pretty impossible unless u have a lot of time and carefull not to damage anything. i had to take them apart. i used the wooden poll form a beach windbreak down the inside to stop the part turning worked perfectly. then its just a case of taking old 1's out with screw driver and putting new 1's in. u need to tap them down with somthing the size of the seal so it goes down evenly. i used the biggest socket we had. u just need to put it together right and it should be ok.
sam

 

[wheelie]

Best thing ive used to get fork seals in (rwu + usd) was kitchen pipe joiners you can get em from b+q just buy the rough size joiner then trim to fit....tap with anything ya want lol seal goes in, in seconds....undamaged

jas

 

[yellow_blackbird]

took me and a mechanic like 3 hours to do both of mine...

had to support the front of the bike, remove the wheel, remove the forks.

take the forks apart, lots of gay circlip things inside that are a pain.

get rid of the oil, change the seals, new oil in, and then compress the springs so that could get the gay circlips back inside that hold it all together.

missions.

enjoy!

edit, well its more like one circlip per fork...

 

[DJUnreal]

Like the description there. Dunno how circlips, which are bits of metal, can have a sexual preference... but... if you say so!

 

[gregs656]

there are actually 2 circlips per fork. taking the forks apart proved much less painfull than i had first thought.

i can't, how ever, get the f**king fork seals them selves out!

f*ck sake, old man is gunna run em down to my local mech and ask nicely!

hopefully, they will be able to whip em out in a few secs and i can get back to it tomrrow. hopefully.

 

[sammas]

theres a circlip on top of oil seal that needs to be removed then i atacked mine with a screw driver and hammer 4 abit mine were a bit of a b*st*rd to get out too but got there in end

 

[yellow_blackbird]

ah yea there is 2 per fork, one at the top and one inside i think.

when it came 2 taking the seals out they just slid over the fork part.

 

[tzr freak]

it will cost yopu 40 quid in labour, from yamaha, if you take your forks and seals to them.getting tempted, as im a lazy git.

will probably draft the old man in to help.he's done it before.

 

[DJUnreal]

All this laziness... Mind you, I've never looked at taking my forks apart before!!!

 

[gregs656]

its easy, it really is. I was just unfortunate that my fork seals are just so jammed in, not getting them out with a screw driver that fo sho.

 

[DJUnreal]

Hrmm... Cut them up a little? (sounds drastic, i know)...

 

[gregs656]

fella im just gunna run em down to my local mechs, he'll have em out in about 30 seconds with decent kit.

 

[DJUnreal]

Good plan. Get it done.