HELP! Front suspension seal+dust cover+noise. Should I take it out for 100km ride?

[DODO``]

Hi guys again,
First of all, Happy Easter !




Now, I have 2004 Suzuki VZ800 Marauder, and the picture above shows the condition of the dust cover on my front suspension.

below is the noise it makes when compressed.




not good. I know. Im getting this replaced on upcoming Thursday.
Sounds like the oils gone dry and something is rubbing against something.

I need to go make 100km ride on the motorway, and was wondering if this will last for that much long..
If not I'll take a car but thought I'd ask as the weather is just fantastic over this Easter weekends.

If I do take this out, would it cause further damage?

YAY or NAY?

[Mom]

Hi guys again,
First of all, Happy Easter !


YAY or NAY?

You need to ask? For heavens sake! Honestly I really do worry about the caliber of some bikers out there. That is not good, not safe and frankly if you had to ask you should not be riding. Nice weather or not.

[DODO``]

Yeah.. alright alright.. I know its bad.. thought I would double check.. just bought this bike and picked up last week. And the reason I thought it stand a chance for another 100km was that the previous owner said it had more life for another year.. I feel ripped off now hahaha good thing I did write here for another opinion. Thanks for the comment.

[DODO``]

Wonder how the previous owner got the warrant... it was issued just before I picked it up.. Haha weird

[Drew]

How he got a warrant, is that the fork has no fluid in it, if there was fluid it would have leaked and not passed. Hence the noise, and total lack of apparent damping.

[DODO``]

Shit. I thoght it was weird there was no leak when the dust cover was this bad. There were no noise when I was inspecting it. Must just have ran out. He said it was just a dust cover and the actual seal was fine. Hmm haha my bad,, I guess should have checked it further. Now I will leave it until i carefully take it to the mechanic on thuraday. Thanks for the comment.

[DODO``]

Do u guys think replacing all the seals + oil will fix this? Or is this noise something worse??

Mechanic will tell but I want to double check if possible.

[mrchips]

carefully flick the dust seal out of it's groove & see if noise still there, could be just the dust seal & fork rubbing making that noise ?

[nzspokes]

Ring this dude in the morning. He may be able to help tomorrow. Very good guy. Hes out Whitford. His names Alec. Hes a motorcycle engineer.

http://www.smebike.com/index.php?rou...mation/contact

He helped me out today, I rung him yesterday with a problem with my carbs. He told me what he thought was wrong and said pop by today to get the parts which I did. Bike runs better than ever now.

[DODO``]

Thanks for the helpful comments. hard to believe the previous owner left it like this and told me it was ok.. but hey, lesson learnt the hard way I guess.

Just one more question,

Is it possible to get a new WOF with the front suspension dust cover in this condition??

[hayd3n]

pop the dust cover off and have a looksie
there is a dust cover and a fork oil seal
if its just a shitty cover itll be fine for now

[DODO``]

pop the dust cover off and have a looksie
there is a dust cover and a fork oil seal
if its just a shitty cover itll be fine for now

Its deteriorated so bad I might break it as i pop it out, and not be able to put it back on,
I'd talk to the guys who issue the warrant first thing tuesday morning and hear what they have to say first I think..

The oil don't seem to be bone dry tho, I can feel a thin layer of oil coat as the suspension is compressed and back. but no layer of oil on the other side, fu*k. noise might had been coming from the other side all along,,

[Drew]

Then it possibly is just the dust cover. If it's that fucked, there's no problem in breaking it to get it out, as it wont be doing anything but trap dirt in at the moment.

[DODO``]

Then it possibly is just the dust cover. If it's that fucked, there's no problem in breaking it to get it out, as it wont be doing anything but trap dirt in at the moment.

oh........ i c i c.. you guys are awesome, Thanks a bunch!

[DODO``]

fuck. upon closer inspection I realised that the noise is coming from the other side.
dust cover looks as though is in good condition, but no thin layer of oil.. + noise..

Im going to purchase the kit and replace all seals and do the oils on thursday, and see what happens I think.....

dang, no ride over this beautiful weekends!!