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enth
13th December 2009, 16:49
Hi all, just spent the last 2.5 days trying to replace my fork seals (most people say it takes around 45 mins - 2 hrs, 3 days for me!)

So I managed to get the damper rod out on both forks but only one oil seal :(. I can not for the life of me get the oil seal out on the non-brake side. Doesn't even budge 1mm. Done the "put-in-vice-and-pull-as-hard-as-you-can" technique and the "fill-up-with-oil-and-pressurize-them-out" technique with no luck.

If I don't get any advice by the end of tonight I'm going to Mt Eden Motorcylces in the morning and getting them to do it!
Henk
14th December 2009, 20:13
you haven't left the retainer spring clip thingy in on top of it by chance?
oyster
15th December 2009, 09:30
With the RG 150 there are two problems
1) they're in super tight, not helped by years of corrosion and crap.
2) the lower (male) bush is only 1mm bigger than the upper (female) bush so
when you try to use force by shock or extraction rod, the male bushe tries to force it's way thru the female . This wrecks the bushes, jams the whole assembly.
I have a special tool that's an expanding collar that goes down past the seal. Once expanded it extracts the seal with no force to the bushes.
enth
15th December 2009, 10:54
you haven't left the retainer spring clip thingy in on top of it by chance?

Lol no.


With the RG 150 there are two problems
1) they're in super tight, not helped by years of corrosion and crap.
2) the lower (male) bush is only 1mm bigger than the upper (female) bush so
when you try to use force by shock or extraction rod, the male bushe tries to force it's way thru the female . This wrecks the bushes, jams the whole assembly.
I have a special tool that's an expanding collar that goes down past the seal. Once expanded it extracts the seal with no force to the bushes.

That could of saved me $60 to get one seal removed :gob:

Went to Red Baron and they filled it with oil then squished it and the seal popped.
awayatc
15th December 2009, 11:19
Went to Red Baron and they filled it with oil then squished it and the seal popped.

I would never have admitted to that.........
enth
15th December 2009, 16:14
Yea but when you don't have the tools and none of your mates do and you desperately want to get your bike back on the road it's not too bad. Atleast it didn't make a massive mess all over my garage floor. :D