Fork seals replacement, Wgtn tutor?

[evoetr]

Is there anyone in Wellington that can show me how to replace my front fork seals on my 2003 YZF450 ? I'm very mechanically minded ( Pretty much nothing i haven't done to a car's ) have garage and lots of tools.

Happy to pay for tutor :)

Also anyone recommend any good brands of seals ?

These seal savers on Trademe any good ?

[K6K]

This is how I learned how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43k1qFVGW4&feature=player_embedded

The allballs kits are good from trade me.

Seal savers tend to trap dirt under them, I wouldn't recommend them.

[evoetr]

This is how I learned how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43k1qFVGW4&feature=player_embedded

The allballs kits are good from trade me.

Seal savers tend to trap dirt under them, I wouldn't recommend them.

Thanks man, had a look the other day on youtube but this one is way better then any i could find ... Just wondering about the tools he had:

Tusk Seal Driver ( Drive the seal in )
Seal Bullet ( To put the seal over the sharp end of the fork )
Tusk Fork Oil Level Tool ( Get right amount of oil in fork )

Did you have any of these when you did it ? Or know where to get them

[Taz]

You will need versions of all those tools to do a good job. Insultape can be used on the sharp edges to avoid damaging the new seal.

[barty5]

Thanks man, had a look the other day on youtube but this one is way better then any i could find ... Just wondering about the tools he had:

Tusk Seal Driver ( Drive the seal in )
Seal Bullet ( To put the seal over the sharp end of the fork )
Tusk Fork Oil Level Tool ( Get right amount of oil in fork )

Did you have any of these when you did it ? Or know where to get them

cut the old seals and use those and some split pvc pipe to drive in new seals

[K6K]

Thanks man, had a look the other day on youtube but this one is way better then any i could find ... Just wondering about the tools he had:

Tusk Seal Driver ( Drive the seal in )
Seal Bullet ( To put the seal over the sharp end of the fork )
Tusk Fork Oil Level Tool ( Get right amount of oil in fork )

Did you have any of these when you did it ? Or know where to get them

I made a seal driver out of 48mm PVC pipe which was a pain in the ass and didn't work very well. A metal one would be much better...
http://www.allthingsmoto.com/forums/f-114/fork-seal-driver-home-made-43154/
The seal bullet isn't needed really
I made a Fork oil level tool out of a syringe with clear tubing, a metal pipe that I marked with measurements and a rubber bath plug to sit on top of the fork. Finding a big enough syringe (100cc I think) was a pain, eventually I got one from a doctors surgury after swearing I wasn't a junkie wanting to inject large amounts of drugs. I have since seen a motionpro fork oil tool at cycletreads, twas about $50 I think.

[evoetr]

Ah ha... found one place in NZ that does that Oil level tool

http://www.bikesport.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=466_380&products_id=101283

[evoetr]

You will need versions of all those tools to do a good job. Insultape can be used on the sharp edges to avoid damaging the new seal.

Yep was thinking the same thing about Insultape. Cheers Man

[vr4king]

My service manual stated to use electrical tape

And i used pvc to drive my seals in wish i knew the old seal in half trick a few days ago when i did em,The pve by itself was a bitch i still got fucked fingers from it

[evoetr]

My service manual stated to use electrical tape

The pve by itself was a bitch i still got fucked fingers from it

Did you use a hose clamp to keep the pvc together so you can hold the PVC further down ?

[vr4king]

Nah mate just gripped the hell out of it and used the natural movement of the inner tube to drive it in

In saying this though id prob make a better desinged one in the future

[evoetr]

Nah mate just gripped the hell out of it and used the natural movement of the inner tube to drive it in

In saying this though id prob make a better desinged one in the future

Yea fair enough priced one of the metal ones up today like bloody $160 i said you kidding me ! Woah!

I might get some pipe from my mate make my own, if comes out any good and i can do it cheap then will offer them out....

[barty5]

check the latest ADB mag (Australasian Dirt Bike mag) has full right up on changing seals. has the new yami 450 on the cover.

[BASS-TREBLE]

For my FZR I got specs on how high the level had to be from the top.
So get a ruler, shine torch into fork and wait unitil it touches the oil, then measure.

[warewolf]

Turkey baster from the $2 shop, put some tubing on the end. Measure the required oil height up from the bottom of the tube, put a cable tie tightly around the tube there. Slightly overfill the forks, stick tube down until the cable tie rests against the top edge of the forks. Suck till she won't suck no more.

Job done! Quick, easy, cheap, effective.