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Fork seals! Argh!
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<blockquote data-quote="chrisflock" data-source="post: 755395" data-attributes="member: 14107"><p>Alright, so I'm planning on going for a nice little vacation over the 4th of July weekend, and whilst trying to find a throttle lock that would work, I noticed my left fork is leaking!</p><p></p><p>There was oil on the seal, a ring on the upper fork tube, and there's some oil residue on the little abs sensor wire. I wiped it up, then bounced the front end of the bike, I didn't see any fluid coming out, but it might just be that it needs a lot bumps to work some oil back up there? I dunno. Or maybe a lot of oil has leaked out already?</p><p></p><p>So, I've done some quick searching. One suggestion I saw was to simply change the fork oil...that seems way to easy to work.</p><p></p><p>I've tried to read up on how to change the fork seals, but I'm somewhat confused, as it appears everyone else took the opportunity to upgrade the front suspension as well. Is it necessary to completely disassemble the forks to replace the seals?</p><p></p><p>I'm worried about the time to do a fork job (it would basically have to be this weekend, but I doubt the dealer will have the seals on hand), but I'm also worried about all the fork oil squirting out while I'm riding on my trip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisflock, post: 755395, member: 14107"] Alright, so I'm planning on going for a nice little vacation over the 4th of July weekend, and whilst trying to find a throttle lock that would work, I noticed my left fork is leaking! There was oil on the seal, a ring on the upper fork tube, and there's some oil residue on the little abs sensor wire. I wiped it up, then bounced the front end of the bike, I didn't see any fluid coming out, but it might just be that it needs a lot bumps to work some oil back up there? I dunno. Or maybe a lot of oil has leaked out already? So, I've done some quick searching. One suggestion I saw was to simply change the fork oil...that seems way to easy to work. I've tried to read up on how to change the fork seals, but I'm somewhat confused, as it appears everyone else took the opportunity to upgrade the front suspension as well. Is it necessary to completely disassemble the forks to replace the seals? I'm worried about the time to do a fork job (it would basically have to be this weekend, but I doubt the dealer will have the seals on hand), but I'm also worried about all the fork oil squirting out while I'm riding on my trip. [/QUOTE]
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