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Fork Seals from PartsNMore.com

Started by BaoQingTian, April 19, 2006, 04:02:18 PM

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BaoQingTian

I ordered a couple carb rebuild kits from partsnmore.com and got some fork seals to hit the $35 mark.    I think Kerry and some others here had ordered some fork seals from partsnmore.  I guess my question is if they are as good as oem?  Since my right seal is currently leaking, I hate to do all the work to change them (or pay someone else to) and find out the seals suck.  Anyone have any experience on that one?

Also, I was going to get some progressive springs and have them installed at the same time.  Do I need to change dust seals or anything else, or will oil seals be sufficient?

BaoQingTian


BaoQingTian

Come on, somebody out there has to have used the partsnmore fork seals

scratch

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Changing just the oil seals will be fine (unless of course the dust seals do need changing.  How do you tell?  :dunno_white: I'd have to see them.).  Now, when you change them be sure to use some kind of plastic bag (thin plastic, like a sandwich bag) to put over the end of the fork tube, and lube it up with fork oil; this will prevent the sharp edge (it's sharp to the seal) of the tube from destroying the seal.

Oh, and just to be specific, I've never used anything from partsnmore; sorry, but if they're all the same just do what's above and you should be fine.
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