well i have my bike on the stand in my kitchen and i noticed a puddle of oil around the front tire so i inspect it and shure **** i have a blown out fork seal!! how do i go about fixing this i have never done a set of forks has anyone here done any? well let me know i for shure need a hand with this one!



120clown

 

get the service manual, i have a blown one too, and am pretty sure i can do it myself.

 

i think i can to but i have a frend who took his apart and now if he takes his hands off the bars he gets a tank slapper its funny because he still rides like that well if anyone has any tips tricks or whatever let me know!

120clown

 

I know you have to make sure both forks have the same amount of fluid in them when your done. Also with his bike that now wobbles, i would hang the front end up from the ceiling of the garage, loosen everything up like the bolts for the triples, make sure everything looks lined up, and even and retighten it all up.

Also when you put the front rim and axle on, you should tighten the axle, then push down on the forks a few times to seat the axle before tightening the pinch bolts to the axle.

if all that doesnt work, he should either have the front tire rebalanced (if the tread is good) or replaced if its bad.


hope this helps a little,
Jesse

 

so who wants to road trip one weekend to help me??

 

50 bux an hour

 

il let you know how mine go, i probably wont do them for a while yet though. give me about a month

 

there will be compinsation beer fo sho..........

 

i did them on my zx6r, just follow the manual. it was a lot easier than i thought it would be. dont worry about how long it takes you, just take your time and do it all by the book and you will be fine.

 

ask CBRorange hes the man when it comes to the 9rr in the vertical mishief forum

 

cool thanks guys

 

they are pretty easy to do...just take both your forks off the bike....then take the end nut off (the one on the top by the key) drain all the oil out.....then follow your owners manuel...there will be a bolt on the bottom, which is an allen head that you will have to unscrew, they are in there tight, so be prepared....the whole works will fall out then...getting the old seals out is gonna be kinda a bitch, but getting the new ones in will be even harder if you don't have the proper driver to drive the new seals in, if you use a screw driver or a punch to pound the new seals in, take caution, as you can rip and wreck the new seals pretty easily without the proper driver.

hope this helps
ryan

 

thanks bro this helps for shure just so i know what i am in store for!

 

but getting the new ones in will be even harder if you don't have the proper driver to drive the new seals in, if you use a screw driver or a punch to pound the new seals in, take caution, as you can rip and wreck the new seals pretty easily without the proper driver.

hope this helps
ryan[/QUOTE]

I'm getting mine done right now by a shop, because I thought you needed a bunch of specail tools to do it. If all I needed was a hammer and punch I would have done it. Also the shop talked to a place called race tech they recomened changing the spring rate and installing a gold valve to take the abuse of the type of riding we do. But thats 500$ so just the seals are going in.

 

thanks



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