Look in if you've changed your fork oil seals! - SV650.org

24-06-05, 04:17 PM

Please see last post - almost there!

northwind · 24-06-05, 08:56 PM

I can't remember if you have to release the damper rod or not... But basically you pull the two ends apart, and it works like a slide hammer. Pop!

northwind · 24-06-05, 08:57 PM

PS if you're having trouble I've got a set of forks you can borrow till yours are sorted, if you can get them from Edinburgh...

21QUEST · 24-06-05, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

I can't remember if you have to release the damper rod or not... But basically you pull the two ends apart, and it works like a slide hammer. Pop!

Yep have to remove damper rod bolt(underneath) fork leg.

Cheers
Ben

24-06-05, 10:41 PM

Heh, thanks North, you're a generous guy, you keep trying to give me stuff but that's ok, sure I'll get these sorted

Thanks as well Ben - I don't think I've undone the damper bolt because when I checked the underside of the fork there was no bolt visable. There a tube running across the bottom of the fork - I take it this is removable and I'll get access to the bolt after taking the tube away? (I just ask because the tubing didn't look removable, looked like it was molded with the fork).

24-06-05, 11:20 PM

oi northy. i seem to have misplaced my SV. don't spose you have a spare one kickin' around i could have?

ps i can collect

worth a try

21QUEST · 25-06-05, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goof

There a tube running across the bottom of the fork - I take it this is removable and I'll get access to the bolt after taking the tube away? (I just ask because the tubing didn't look removable, looked like it was molded with the fork).

The tube(spacer) is removeable. Just tap it out. Clean and lightly grease it before you put it back.

Am I right in assumming that you are not the Haynes manual. If that is the case , it'll be good to invest in one.

Cheers
Ben

Sid Squid · 25-06-05, 07:38 AM

On disassembling forks I said: this.

25-06-05, 10:15 AM

Thanks Ben, one step closer

No, it wasn't the haynes it was the PDF one on the site here, which is a bit muff

And cheers Sid - I found that through the search but in your description you say "the bolt at the bottom of the forks" but no mention of the spacer. Is the spacer what you were referring to when you said 'shove a broom handle in there'?

26-06-05, 04:31 PM

Managed to finally get the bottom fork bolt out...nightmare!

So, have got the new fork seals on but I'm wondering how to get them securely into the stanchion without a "special tool" - the washer and seal sit higher than the old ones did before I removed them (they were about 1cm down the tube, leaving space for the dust seal to go on top so I must have to knock them down somehow). Any tips on how to do this (tempted to knock the oil seal down with a screw driver but don't want to knacker it).

TIA

24-06-05, 04:17 PM	#1
goof Guest Posts: n/a	Look in if you've changed your fork oil seals! Please see last post - almost there!

24-06-05, 08:56 PM	#2
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I can't remember if you have to release the damper rod or not... But basically you pull the two ends apart, and it works like a slide hammer. Pop! __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

24-06-05, 08:57 PM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	PS if you're having trouble I've got a set of forks you can borrow till yours are sorted, if you can get them from Edinburgh... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

25-06-05, 07:38 AM	#8
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	On disassembling forks I said: this. __________________ 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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24-06-05, 10:41 PM	#5
goof Guest Posts: n/a	Heh, thanks North, you're a generous guy, you keep trying to give me stuff but that's ok, sure I'll get these sorted Thanks as well Ben - I don't think I've undone the damper bolt because when I checked the underside of the fork there was no bolt visable. There a tube running across the bottom of the fork - I take it this is removable and I'll get access to the bolt after taking the tube away? (I just ask because the tubing didn't look removable, looked like it was molded with the fork).

24-06-05, 11:20 PM	#6
Godikus Guest Posts: n/a	oi northy. i seem to have misplaced my SV. don't spose you have a spare one kickin' around i could have? ps i can collect worth a try

25-06-05, 10:15 AM	#9
goof Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Ben, one step closer No, it wasn't the haynes it was the PDF one on the site here, which is a bit muff And cheers Sid - I found that through the search but in your description you say "the bolt at the bottom of the forks" but no mention of the spacer. Is the spacer what you were referring to when you said 'shove a broom handle in there'?

26-06-05, 04:31 PM	#10
goof Guest Posts: n/a	Managed to finally get the bottom fork bolt out...nightmare! So, have got the new fork seals on but I'm wondering how to get them securely into the stanchion without a "special tool" - the washer and seal sit higher than the old ones did before I removed them (they were about 1cm down the tube, leaving space for the dust seal to go on top so I must have to knock them down somehow). Any tips on how to do this (tempted to knock the oil seal down with a screw driver but don't want to knacker it). TIA