Fork seal driver?

[pontaic]

where can i get one to do the job at a good price

[riffer]

Do what I did.

Go to an engineering workshop and get them to get a bit of pipe with internal diameter just bigger than the fork diameter, and outer diameter just smaller than the lower (or upper if you've hot USDs). The pipe needs to be about a foot and a half long. Then you can grind, file, then sand the edges of the pipe until they are nicely rounded.

Best fork seal driver I ever used. Put the new fork seal in, then put the old one over it, then bang the fork seal in with the fork seal driver and a rubber hammer.

Robert Taylor has booked a special place in hell for me...

[bsasuper]

You can make one out of PVC pipe if you are desperate.

[Sable]

Just use a big socket and a hammer.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Just use a big socket and a hammer.

Bit hard with the fork leg in place...

[White trash]

Bit hard with the fork leg in place...

Ahhhh, fuck ya! I was going to ask him to post a You Tube video of it.........

[tigertim20]

Do what I did.

Go to an engineering workshop and get them to get a bit of pipe with internal diameter just bigger than the fork diameter, and outer diameter just smaller than the lower (or upper if you've hot USDs). The pipe needs to be about a foot and a half long. Then you can grind, file, then sand the edges of the pipe until they are nicely rounded.

Best fork seal driver I ever used. Put the new fork seal in, then put the old one over it, then bang the fork seal in with the fork seal driver and a rubber hammer.

Robert Taylor has booked a special place in hell for me...

plus one on using the old one as a cushion and you can use pvc pipe if needed too

[Spearfish]

How do you get the old one out with the stanchion in place?

I was thinking a self tapping screw driven into it...

[riffer]

How do you get the old one out with the stanchion in place?

I was thinking a self tapping screw driven into it...

I don't. I always pull the entire fork unit off the bike, and pull them apart by hand. If you don't completely dismantle them you can't get all the crap out and you end up (IMO) gunking up the cartridges.

[bogan]

plus one on using the old one as a cushion and you can use pvc pipe if needed too

+1 why get something else when the old ones do the job nicely!


How do you get the old one out with the stanchion in place?

I was thinking a self tapping screw driven into it...

Don't think self tapping screw is in any way a good plan :no: I dissasemble them if possible, but the last set had some star drive fandagled bit you need to shove down it to stop the whatsit (damper rod?) spinning so you can undo the bolt from the bottom. Which I didn't have, so filled it up with oil and push down on it and the seals pop out! Just make sure you have taken the retaining clips out obviously, and push down may require a few hundred kg of force.

[hayd3n]

+1 why get something else when the old ones do the job nicely!



Don't think self tapping screw is in any way a good plan :no: I dissasemble them if possible, but the last set had some star drive fandagled bit you need to shove down it to stop the whatsit (damper rod?) spinning so you can undo the bolt from the bottom. Which I didn't have, so filled it up with oil and push down on it and the seals pop out! Just make sure you have taken the retaining clips out obviously, and push down may require a few hundred kg of force.

rattle gun fixes that

[Spearfish]

Ok, thanks.

The bolt at the bottom is seized and rounded off its going to be a bastard drilling job.
Even if I did get the old one out I'd probably stuff the new one sliding it down the stanchion anyway.

[hayd3n]

i use a piece of pvc pipe sometimes it may involve gluing a couple together to get the required thickness

[Crasherfromwayback]

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The bolt at the bottom is seized and rounded off its going to be a bastard drilling job.
Even if I did get the old one out I'd probably stuff the new one sliding it down the stanchion anyway.

Poos.

You can actually do 'em in place...it's just a bit cunty and rough to do so!

[Robert Taylor]

Heck I hope some of you guys arent doing aircraft maintenance!!!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Heck I hope some of you guys arent doing aircraft maintenance!!!

My bike flys!!!

[Furyos J]

you can make a nice fork seal driver from metal pipe and a small piece of flat bar, if you dont own a welder or suitable tools, could go take some beers down to your locan friendly fabricator type guy. just make shure all surfaces are well smooth so ya dont scratch ya chrome

[Robert Taylor]

you can make a nice fork seal driver from metal pipe and a small piece of flat bar, if you dont own a welder or suitable tools, could go take some beers down to your locan friendly fabricator type guy. just make shure all surfaces are well smooth so ya dont scratch ya chrome

Not ideal sorry as you are not applying full circle pressure and it increases the chances of damaging / distorting the seal.

[Colapop]

Do what I did.

Best fork seal driver I ever used. Put the new fork seal in, then put the old one over it, then bang the fork seal in with the fork seal driver and a rubber hammer.

It also helps to be able to call a suspension guru when you're halfway through the job and just can't get that feckin bolt off! :laugh:

Go the PVC fork seal driver! Complete disassembly aint as bad as what you might think. Sure, it takes a little more time but the result is far and away better.

[riffer]

It also helps to be able to call a suspension guru when you're halfway through the job and just can't get that feckin bolt off! :laugh:

Go the PVC fork seal driver! Complete disassembly aint as bad as what you might think. Sure, it takes a little more time but the result is far and away better.

There are definitely times when having the right people's phone numbers on your cellphone really really rock.

[gwigs]

I,ve just done my seals and just used a piece of PVC pipe,worked fine.
Went for my WOF and failed cause one fork leaked.Strange I thought,they are new seals.Went home and pulled leaking one apart and I had put the seal in backwards.What a Plonker!!:facepalm:
Getting old.

[neels]

Went home and pulled leaking one apart and I had put the seal in backwards.What a Plonker!!:facepalm:
:facepalm: sums it up.

As with previous posts, my usual method is to completely strip the fork legs and clean them out while I'm there. Never had any problems just prying the old seal out with a screwdriver, and using it to smack the new one in.

Then again I'm a rough bastard, but I don't work on aeroplanes, just in the aviation industry.....:shit: