90% off leaking fork seals only need cleaning and can be costless rather than costly

[orangeback]

http://sealmate.net/instructions.html
check out the vid's
nice simple technuique . and save your self a couple hundred bucks,
But more than likely you are well over due on changing fork oil anyway.

[nathanwhite]

Hmm looks very interesting....I'll report back in a week or two when they arrive and see what they do on the great big black lines on me forks

[AllanB]

Hmmmmm I'm thinking that all it is doing is cleaning out the object(s) that got embedded in there causing the leak in the first place.



Years back when I did not know better I wrapped some electrical tape around a fork leg to measure the fork extension when jacked up - I forgot to remove it and when I moved the bike and braked the tape went into the seal causing the presurised oil to spew out. Tape removed it continued to spew out and the seal needed replacing. Maybe fork seals are made of better materials now?

[nathanwhite]

Hmmmmm I'm thinking that all it is doing is cleaning out the object(s) that got embedded in there causing the leak in the first place.



Years back when I did not know better I wrapped some electrical tape around a fork leg to measure the fork extension when jacked up - I forgot to remove it and when I moved the bike and braked the tape went into the seal causing the presurised oil to spew out. Tape removed it continued to spew out and the seal needed replacing. Maybe fork seals are made of better materials now?

hmm, cue robert taylor?

I have no idea meself, but if they work as advertised (there's a laugh, when do they?) then I may have just saved a coupla hundred dollars or having to do a fork seal replacement myself. If not then it was worth a shot and others can save the $15 I sacrificed

[Ocean1]

Worth a shot.

I've done it with feeler guages before now, doubt it would "repair" a seal but at least once it's cured a slow weep, presumably caused by a speck of grit stuck under the lip.

[ducatilover]

I did it with a feeler gauge on my GN I just picked up.
They thought the seals were shot and the forks pitted.
There was only road grime on the legs, so cleaned 'em up and then around the seals and there's no leak now :headbang:

[orangeback]

Hmm looks very interesting....I'll report back in a week or two when they arrive and see what they do on the great big black lines on me forks

you can buy from local shop, as i did, rather than buying them from the US. cost about $12

[nathanwhite]

you can buy from local shop, as i did, rather than buying them from the US. cost about $12

oops. Too late now

[Coldrider]

Worth a shot.

I've done it with feeler guages before now, doubt it would "repair" a seal but at least once it's cured a slow weep, presumably caused by a speck of grit stuck under the lip.yep, done the feeler guage trick and worked too, because a speck was the problem.

[Subike]

Watched that and laughed
when I was about 10 years old, I watched my father and uncles do similar things to old brit bikes.
thought it might have been something revolutionary
Yeah, back then the seals had a harder time , as there was not the sealed roads there are now, and heavy dust was a problem.
Cleaning the bikes after rides on a sunday with a few flaggons on the veranda was common in the summer

[crazy man]

bike seals are only around 30 bucks a set anyway so l just change them

[Woodman]

bike seals are only around 30 bucks a set anyway so l just change them

Yea same, about once a year and do oil as well.

[hayd3n]

why buy a tool when you can just use some old photo film
the little squares cut out in the side collect all dirt

[Henk]

Done the same job with a home made version cut from a pump bottle before now. Works sometimes but is usually only a temporary solution.