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Fixing fork seals with out installing new seals.

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Havent gotten over to swipe the seals yet Greg...I will probably have some time Tuesday to swipe them and drain the forks to redo the oil levels.


Once one is less than the other, the best course of action is to drain them nboth and remeasure the oil in each one again..otherwise your not gonna ever keep the oil the same .
 
rockhammer said:
Did any debris come out? I would cut a piece of plastic that resembles the seal mate tool and use it just like a seal mate. You might have just dragged the debris around if you did not get any out.
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I cut a piece out the best I could that resembles the seal mate. No debris came out and I tried a bunch of times. Sliding the plastic around and pulling it downward as I slide it out. Maybe I just have a tear in the seal. I'm going to find out as I ordered new seals.
 
Worked for me!!! My home made one did the trick as advertised. I swept the seals and went both ways..made 2 or 3 passes.

Put the required amounts of fresh fork oil in and rode it around and was jacking the front brake rather hard to really work the seals and not so much as a speck out of either of them.
 
I'll have to give it a try. If the one that leaks will hold air after cleaning, I'll be a believer.
 
Yeah, this is just a rehash of an old trick. Just about any thin shim of plastic will work. Someone's just making a buck or two off a product just as easily made.
 
Quick question...

Noticed a small leak on left fork seal yesterday.

Can I simply remove the dust cover off the fork to use the seal mate, or do I also have to remove the small ring (stopper ring) that is above the fork seal...

There is a metal ring put on after the fork seals on gs400s and 450s...
 
Never mind. Hadn't had the dust boot off to take a look.

BTW... 35mm film is hard to come by but acetate isn't. Used old overhead projector paper.

Worked like a charm. Fork not leaking.
 
I used it on inverted forks on my Triumph Rocket III. Left was weeping. No more. Seal Mate Worked as advertised.
 
650 miles up to Oklahoma and back and not a weep anywhere...Im sold!! I cut mine from a butter bowl top.
 
naw, I get it. I'm the same way and like to make my own when i can. Just a funny choice of words. Seems like even this marketer copied from a previous design however there is value in spreading the word. Just look at at the potentialy needless seal replacements this guys marketing saved just for the folks that posted here.
 
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