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When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"
Glen
-85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
-Rusty old scooter.
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Well, I looked at my crusty old parts bike forks that I believe to be original and found the seals as I described. Maybe another 1150 anomaly... who knows. I’m just go to pretend all is fine in 1150 land....
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When consulting the magic 8 ball for advice, one must first ask it "will your answers be accurate?"
Glen
-85 1150 es - Plus size supermodel.
-Rusty old scooter.
Other things I like to photograph.....instagram.com/gs_junkie
https://www.instagram.com/glen_brenner/
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One other thing on fork seals. One of the big reasons they leak is the tiny nicks and dings that accumulate on the leading edge of the fork tubes, from rocks and other crap kicked up by cars in front of you. Those nicks have sharp edges, and they cut up the sealing surface of the fork seals. If you put new seals in and don’t take care of the nicks, your new seals won’t last very long.
Take some extra fine steel wool and lightly buff out the tubes. You don’t need to make the nicks disappear, just smooth out the edges. DON’T buff so hard that you go through the chrome!!
If you do this periodically your seals will last a lot longer.'20 Ducati Multistrada 1260S, '93 Ducati 750SS, '01 SV650S, '07 DL650, '01 DR-Z400S, '80 GS1000S, '85 RZ350Comment
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Another reason for failing seals is.....your lowers might just be shot inside, it has happened to me. Seal would start leaking in less than a thousand miles.
VGustov
80 GS 1100 LT, 83 1100 G "Scruffy"
81 GS 1000 G
79 GS 850 G
81 GS 850 L
83 GS 550 ES, 85 GS 550 ES
80 GS 550 L
86 450 Rebel, 70CL 70, Yamaha TTR125
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You should not go wrong with the Oem seals I have gone away from them as I found seals that are a lot better quality than the Oem things have moved on since the 80 s the link is for the seals they have a double sealing lip these are in the uk
The big guy up there rides a Suzuki (this I know)
1981 gs850gx
1999 RF900
past bikes. RF900
TL1000s
Hayabusa
gsx 750f x2
197cc Francis Barnett
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Existing seal is hard. I just lifted it out with my fingers. Can barley detect any lip or edge.
New OEM seal, is soft but seems to have a metal ring inside it. Can feel a couple seal-flaps-edges.
I wetted the side with some fork oil.
Had to whapp it pretty hard a few times with the driver tool to get it down inplace enough to get it below the grove for the wire clip.
Had 850G for 14 years. Now have GK since 2005.
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That's very useful, ta. I didn't know they did fork seals. They supplied me with Viton o-rings for the carb flanges, though.Originally posted by fastbysuzuki View Post---- Dave
79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.
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