Tech Tip: Changing fork seals yourself

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Re: Tech Tip: Changing fork seals yourself

Postby Zenith on Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:42 pm

I don't know those forks specifically, but in the vast majority of cases once you remove the circlip(s) and screw the damper rod out of the cap you are good to go to seperate the forks. There may be some corrosion in there, you could try soaking in WD40 overnight then some more heat. Just keep in mind if you apply too much heat you will be looking at replacing the seals and bushes if they overheat. And heat the seal head in an even way to minimise the chance of warping.
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Re: Tech Tip: Changing fork seals yourself

Postby Zenith on Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:44 pm

visbits - I prefer to keep the original article in one place so I can edit/update it if needs be, but you're more then welcome to post links to it on Thumpertalk, though if you search you'll find lots of links to here from there, I used to spend time doing it to try and get traffic over here :).
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