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polarpilot YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 34 Canada Gender:	Blew a Fork Seal 07/24/14 at 13:00:58 My left hand fork tube blew a seal. Got it into the shop before any oil got on the disk brakes. Turns out the bushings are gone too so I am having both fork tubes done with new bushings and seals.
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1163 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #1 - 07/24/14 at 15:26:37 Man, that sucks. But, it provides the opportunity to present one of my favorite jokes: http://youtu.be/jCiIBfEKCds
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HondaLavis Senior Member Offline It's nothing personal; the other one came first. Posts: 451 Plano, TX	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #2 - 07/24/14 at 19:40:24 That's a shame. I hope the shop doesn't charge you too much to do them. They really aren't too difficult, and the seal kit is only $13 from AllBalls racing bearings and seals. Glad you are getting it fixed!
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #3 - 07/24/14 at 23:49:01 Bought Pokey in 2/98. Popped fork seals in 2/98. Bought replacement seals in 6/05. Gave them away in 2009. Fork seals still leak, lost maybe a 1/2 teaspoon in the 10 years it took me to get around to changing the fork oil... Not sure if the seals on Sam leak or not, bike has fork boots.
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polarpilot YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 34 Canada Gender:	Blew a Fork seal Reply #4 - 08/20/14 at 05:37:22 In the summer of 2013, somewhere I managed to blow a Fork seal. It turns out there are bushings in the forks which need replacement as well. I am having the work done in a shop and they are delayed in getting the parts. Anyone know how big a job this really is?
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Reply #5 - 08/20/14 at 05:59:38

polarpilot wrote on 08/20/14 at 05:37:22:

In the summer of 2013, somewhere I managed to blow a Fork seal. It turns out there are bushings in the forks which need replacement as well. I am having the work done in a shop and they are delayed in getting the parts.
Anyone know how big a job this really is?

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Reply #6 - 08/20/14 at 06:36:33

They are most likely delayed in getting parts....because the bushings aren't really much of a wear item and most likely are not stocked by anyone. They are bathed in oil, sealed from the environment, and I don't believe they tend to wear out.

It is common to replace seals....I don't believe it is very common to replace the bushings. It doesn't look like it would be a big job once you had the $ 3.00 part.

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #7 - 08/21/14 at 08:55:22 Quit doing wheelies..........
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #8 - 08/21/14 at 09:09:13 I've heard of harp, leopard, ringed, arctic... but never a fork seal. and why would blow it?
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #9 - 08/21/14 at 10:56:56 Tocsik wrote on 07/24/14 at 15:26:37: Man, that sucks. But, it provides the opportunity to present one of my favorite jokes: http://youtu.be/jCiIBfEKCds I wasn't going to do this.. You have forced the issue!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #10 - 08/21/14 at 12:23:27 I was resisting the temptation as well....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCiIBfEKCds Dave
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Reply #11 - 08/28/14 at 14:10:35

Well it took about 5 weeks from taking in Ole Yellar to yesterday when the shop called to advise that the parts did come in and are installed.
Great news -
The boys in the shop were a bit sceptical about working on a 1988 bike but yesterday they were crazy enthusiastic about my Savage. I have owned her since 1999 - and I like it today as much as I did the day I bought the bike.
So the successful fork rebuild is terrific news

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NickGann Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 75	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #12 - 08/29/14 at 06:36:16 I left for two weeks, came back and now my lefty is leaking too...I guess I should order the parts, but I am still gonna ride until they get here
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Reply #13 - 08/29/14 at 11:28:26

NickGann wrote on 08/29/14 at 06:36:16:

I left for two weeks, came back and now my lefty is leaking too...I guess I should order the parts, but I am still gonna ride until they get here

Be careful. The oil seeps down the folk leg and may get onto the disk brakes. You pull the brake and there is no braking.
That is why I had mine repaired.

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NickGann Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 75	Re: Blew a Fork Seal Reply #14 - 08/30/14 at 13:56:55 Turns out there was just some grit in the seal...problemo solved.
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