How do you clean fork dust seals?

How do you clean fork dust seals?

How to clean fork and dust seals

1. Carefully pry open the dust seal using a flat head screwdriver.
2. Use a clean (lint free) cloth over the tip of a small screwdriver to clean out any muck that is up under the lip.
3. Once it’s clean, push the dust seal firmly back in place using your fingers.

How do you replace oil seal on front fork?

Situate the clip and dust seal back onto the fork. Place the damping rod back inside. Pour new oil into the fork, measuring the height as necessary. Re-install the spring and screw on the fork cap. Tighten the bolts. Repeat the process on the other fork leg. Reassemble your motorcycle’s front end. How much oil goes in the front fork?

How to repair a fork with a leaking dust seal?

1 Carefully pry open the dust seal using a flat head screwdriver. Make sure you don’t damage the dust seal or scratch the fork by being too rough. 2 Use a clean (lint free) cloth over the tip of a small screwdriver to clean out any muck that is up under the lip. 3 Once it’s clean, push the dust seal firmly back in place using your fingers.

How do you remove oil seal from Kawasaki Vulcan?

After the forks are off the bike you’ll have to drain the fluid, remove the dust seal and oil seal retaining clip. Then remove the bolt at the bottom of the fork that holds everything together and ‘slam’ the fork apart. Reassembly is a straightforward reverse of disassembly.

How much does it cost to replace Fork seals?

Always replace your seals and bushes as a pair – if one leg is showing problems, the other won’t be far behind. A pair of fork dust seals (the seals you can see) for this 1999 ZX-6R are £20.62 from Kawasaki, while a pair of the oil seals that sit underneath them are £22.08.

1 Carefully pry open the dust seal using a flat head screwdriver. Make sure you don’t damage the dust seal or scratch the fork by being too rough. 2 Use a clean (lint free) cloth over the tip of a small screwdriver to clean out any muck that is up under the lip. 3 Once it’s clean, push the dust seal firmly back in place using your fingers.

Situate the clip and dust seal back onto the fork. Place the damping rod back inside. Pour new oil into the fork, measuring the height as necessary. Re-install the spring and screw on the fork cap. Tighten the bolts. Repeat the process on the other fork leg. Reassemble your motorcycle’s front end. How much oil goes in the front fork?

Always replace your seals and bushes as a pair – if one leg is showing problems, the other won’t be far behind. A pair of fork dust seals (the seals you can see) for this 1999 ZX-6R are £20.62 from Kawasaki, while a pair of the oil seals that sit underneath them are £22.08.

When to replace Fork seals, oil and bushes?

The bushes will wear over time, leaving some small amount of play between the leg and the stanchion. Realistically though, you’ll see the fork seals fail first, and if you’re replacing those, you might as well replace the bushes too, especially as they have to come out to get the seal out.