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Offline roninvt

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Fork seal replacement
« on: July 19, 2014, 06:46:13 PM »
I replaced my fork seals about a week ago.  One is great and the other is a gusher!!  :oops: I did the job by removing the lower tubes only and left the forks in place.  I picked up a new seal today from an ace indie wrench and he said the seals are designed to be slid down the tube, and that doing it the way I did is a good way nick the seal.  How do you do it? 
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Offline Zipster

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Re: Fork seal replacement
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2014, 07:22:09 PM »
If I've got the right video, This guy has a pretty good trick for sliding seals on without damaging them. Check it out. Al
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Offline Inge K.

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Re: Fork seal replacement
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2014, 07:30:52 PM »
If it's on the K11, it would be correct to mount them from the top.....if you follow BMW advice.
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