Replacing upside down fork seals at home with no special tools!
Posted: Aug 5th, '20, 19:48
Hey guys,
I have been making video logs of my track bike that I have now taken on track at the weekend! What an awesome experience but nothing to do with this thread.... However one of the jobs that needed doing when I bought the bike was to replace the upside down fork seals. Thought it might come in handy for anyone doing this job as a lot of modern bikes have upside down forks nowadays
Here's the 2 links, this is on my 2002 Honda 929 fireblade:
Part 1, removing the forks and stripping them, skip forward to about 3 mins in as I talk about other stuff at the beginning:
https://youtu.be/VMfx3VBZkhk
Step 2, Re-fitting seals etc and putting them back on the bike.
https://youtu.be/c2UCRjtba2E
Only thing I would say is when doing the fork oil level an air gap is definitely more precise, I have now used the bike for 120 odd miles on the track day and found the forks were not quite travelling as far as I expected even with the stock settings soften off slightly, for this reason I will be draining a small amount of oil out of each leg (measured into a jug so they are the same) to hopefully soften it slightly and give me the full travel. This is only minor though but thought worth noting.
Any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers Dan
I have been making video logs of my track bike that I have now taken on track at the weekend! What an awesome experience but nothing to do with this thread.... However one of the jobs that needed doing when I bought the bike was to replace the upside down fork seals. Thought it might come in handy for anyone doing this job as a lot of modern bikes have upside down forks nowadays
Here's the 2 links, this is on my 2002 Honda 929 fireblade:
Part 1, removing the forks and stripping them, skip forward to about 3 mins in as I talk about other stuff at the beginning:
https://youtu.be/VMfx3VBZkhk
Step 2, Re-fitting seals etc and putting them back on the bike.
https://youtu.be/c2UCRjtba2E
Only thing I would say is when doing the fork oil level an air gap is definitely more precise, I have now used the bike for 120 odd miles on the track day and found the forks were not quite travelling as far as I expected even with the stock settings soften off slightly, for this reason I will be draining a small amount of oil out of each leg (measured into a jug so they are the same) to hopefully soften it slightly and give me the full travel. This is only minor though but thought worth noting.
Any questions feel free to ask.
Cheers Dan