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Offline programmasters

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quick question about forks
« on: September 03, 2013, 05:43:43 PM »
Soow, I am getting confused. I have a leak in my fork seal and have replaced the seal 3 times now, keeps on happening. One side is perfect(did not replace it) the other one keeps having this problem. I does not have pitting or anything strange, it looks good.

So went to a breaker to buy me some brand spanking new second hand shocks(see what i did there  :hehehe ) But at the top of all the shocks he had , they had a small s on the top, mine did not. He told me those were the shocks for a k75, Now i have a frankenbike and presume the shocks might be of a different model(rt perhaps) so I am thinking that when I am ordering my seals at the local dealer he uses my vin and orders the correct seals, however if the forks are not the original forks how do I know which seal to order?

Offline TimTyler

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Re: quick question about forks
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2013, 05:58:01 PM »
K75 forks were changed mid-1991.

Earlier models has "sport" forks (S) and the later models had "Showa" forks.

Offline programmasters

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Re: quick question about forks
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2013, 06:04:14 PM »
so i would have showa forks, so i would need a showa seal, thanks now to find a reason for my leakage (of the seals, mind you)

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