Forks

[angus]

Anybody point me in direction for inner fork tubes for my 82 850 gl I've done the seals twice and left 1 keeps leaking.Local shop wants 180 euro to re-chrome them and he takes forever. I'm on opposite side of the pond.

[AMK]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/80-SUZUKI-GS850-GS-850-L-GS850L-FORK-SET-TUBES-AXLE-STRAIGHT-YA4-/371954947925?hash=item569a3e1755:g:vqQAAOSwuMZZHjXB&vxp=mtr

I don't know about shipping cost.
Are yours rusted and pitted tearing up the seals or bent?

[salty_monk]

180 Euro is not a bad price...

http://franksforks.com/ is the usual place to get them here. Won't be cheaper than that though.

Plenty of places offering the service in the UK... https://www.google.com/search?q=moto...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[angus]

Mine seem to be tearing the seals don't seem that pitted though.

[AMK]

These may be silly questions but are you installing the new ones with the lettering facing out and are you using OEM parts?

[angus]

Yes lettering facing out not genuine parts.

[hampshirehog]

Definitely leaking on the inner tube and not around the outside of the seals where they meet the fork bottoms?

Plus are your forks the later type with the bronze collar? Could be the collars are worn and the forks have too much side to side movement.

[Cyrano]

Unless you can see a real need for re-chroming, I would just do them again, maybe with a different brand of seal.

I recently did my lad's fork seals on his GPz500S and within a week both had failed. Did them again and all good so far. Quality seems to be hit and miss these days.

[TxGSrider]

Try to stick with OEM or NOK (some Bikemaster brands are NOK). I replaced mine 2x with some type of Leakproof (they leaked) and then with the Bikemaster and the Bikemaster seem to be working.

[angus]

When I lift the dust cover up oil sitting on top of seal.

[Cyrano]

When I lift the dust cover up oil sitting on top of seal.

Don't let it overflow or it will drip on discs which can be cleaned and pads which can't. Ask me how I know!

Just a thought... you didn't over fill them legs did you?

[angus]

No didn't over fill them if I was to give them a sanding with wet and dry to try smooth them what grade would be best its only 1 leg leaking and I have 1 spare seal

[Cyrano]

I give mine a rub with 0000 grade steel wool. Good for getting rid of any pitting while leaving the chrome intact.

[Kodak]

I used naval jelly to remove rust from pitting. Then careful scraped over the pits some deacon epoxy. Going one direction I wetsanded the expoxy smooth.

[salty_monk]

I've filled in pits with 2 part epoxy glue before (Araldite equivalent) with succes.