ThePitBull
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- Aug 21, 2002
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Okay, here's the deal, my bike sat over the winter and pissed all its fork oil over the oil seals. Not a problem, I think, I'll just put in new seals!
Well I got the new seals and follow the manual for removal, now comes the rebuild, uh oh, what is this inner and outer bushing deal?
I now have 1 fork apart, unable to get the bushing back into the lower fork. Dealer says tool to seat it is $200+.
I found a shop that will use their tool and just pop the bushing and oil seal back in for $20 or so.
Do I go ahead and strip the other fork down and have them do both?(with new seals) The kicker is I leave Fri morning for a long weekend camping/riding trip, so time is short. How important is replacing the bushing? Dealer says they won't replace seals without both inner/outer bushing also replaced.
Am I hosed???
Thanks,
ThePitBull
Well I got the new seals and follow the manual for removal, now comes the rebuild, uh oh, what is this inner and outer bushing deal?
I now have 1 fork apart, unable to get the bushing back into the lower fork. Dealer says tool to seat it is $200+.
I found a shop that will use their tool and just pop the bushing and oil seal back in for $20 or so.
Do I go ahead and strip the other fork down and have them do both?(with new seals) The kicker is I leave Fri morning for a long weekend camping/riding trip, so time is short. How important is replacing the bushing? Dealer says they won't replace seals without both inner/outer bushing also replaced.
Am I hosed???
Thanks,
ThePitBull
