fork seal install

[matt]

Hello hoping for some help.  Trying to make installer out of pvc. I see multiple sizes from 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 union to a 2 INCH  well I have two inch od and it is smaller than seal. Is that what I need? and when it is cut and put over fork is that what makes it as wide as seal? also how long of a piece?

[hubcapsc]

2 inch PVC pressure coupling will do it...



Joe (stude31) helped me put a seal in my left fork, and he used
the actual Honda tool, it was much nicer... 

-Mike

[PhredValk]

From the document I got...

"17)  On top of the bench, stand the leg upside down.  This is where you need to drive the oil seal into place.  Get a 1 1/2" PVC coupler collar...hell, I'm not sure thats what it is called... it joins 2 pieces of PVC pipe.  Cut this in half.  You will need to file the ridge out of the center.  The second time I did this, I only used one half of the coupler.  Hold it against the lower leg and the edge on the seal.  Use a plastic hammer...a steel hammer will do damage to the leg should you hit it.  Tap on the PVC collar, working your way around the leg, driving the oil seal into place.  You should be able to tell by the sound and visually you will see the seal has gone beyond the groove that the keeper wire sets in.  Also make sure the beveled edge of the seal is facing outward."
Fred.

[Dodis]

...And once you get the PVC tool made, grab a few 2x2s or 2x4s and build a makeshift press. Much easier than trying to hammer the seals into place. I feel that was a big part in why mine kept leaking. Once I pressed them in, they snapped into palce, and no leaks since.

Mike

Instructions here:
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,29980.msg324952.html#msg324952

[matt]

Thank you both for the help.   Matt

[Mildew]

Good tip. I got my forks done at a shop in Tennessee. $100 for both. I thought that was a deal since it covered parts and labor.  I thought it was a deal. I took the forks off and put them on the bike.

[PhredValk]

It was a great deal. I paid around $130.00C for parts and $100. for installation.
Fred.

[Mildew]

Yeah, it sounded fishy because I seen the parts list and the price.  I just know I got new seals and fresh oil and no leaks for a hundred bucks. He said he'd do them all day long for that price. He said the oil was a little more than he thought so the price may be a little more

[hubcapsc]

Yeah, it sounded fishy because I seen the parts list and the price.  I just know I got new seals and fresh oil and no leaks for a hundred bucks. He said he'd do them all day long for that price. He said the oil was a little more than he thought so the price may be a little more

Sigh... I took my forks to the dealer when I first got my rusty bike... I
was doing lots of other work on it, didn't have the special tool, and had
a set of progressive springs to put in. Took them off, and to the dealer, he
dropped in the springs, no seals... $300...

Redid them myself (someone loaned me the tool), lasted 50K miles, just
rebuilt the left one again as a group effort in the parking lot at InZane...

-Mike