Fork Oil Seal Change: - SV650.org

MrMessy · 03-08-05, 03:46 PM

I will need to change a fork oil seal shortly and the last time I did any petrol was 33p a gallon! I am O/K about getting the old ones out but need advice about reassembly. Do I fit the seal in the fork legs then slide the inner stanchions through them or slide the seal over the inner stanchions and "knock"into place? In Bike mag they are rebuilding a Blade and it looks like they used the second option with a plastic collar and a lead "collar" to drift into place. Your advice would be appreciated.

Sid Squid · 03-08-05, 03:52 PM

The second of those you describe, the seal and upper bush etc go on the leg, then the whole lot goes into the slider, you'll need to drift the bush into the slider and then the seal the same.

You already have a seal driver - it's the old seal, with a sharp knife cut the seal inner, lower lip away, (the bit with the spring on it), so that the outer circumference of the old seal only bears on the new seal, make sure it all goes in square.

03-08-05, 03:46 PM	#1
MrMessy Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 557	Fork Oil Seal Change: I will need to change a fork oil seal shortly and the last time I did any petrol was 33p a gallon! I am O/K about getting the old ones out but need advice about reassembly. Do I fit the seal in the fork legs then slide the inner stanchions through them or slide the seal over the inner stanchions and "knock"into place? In Bike mag they are rebuilding a Blade and it looks like they used the second option with a plastic collar and a lead "collar" to drift into place. Your advice would be appreciated.

03-08-05, 03:52 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	The second of those you describe, the seal and upper bush etc go on the leg, then the whole lot goes into the slider, you'll need to drift the bush into the slider and then the seal the same. You already have a seal driver - it's the old seal, with a sharp knife cut the seal inner, lower lip away, (the bit with the spring on it), so that the outer circumference of the old seal only bears on the new seal, make sure it all goes in square. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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