• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

1985 GS700ES Fork Seal Replacement

  • Thread starter Thread starter GS700ESOwnerNY
  • Start date Start date
G

GS700ESOwnerNY

Guest
Does anyone have the documentation on how to replace the fork seals on this bike. I have purchased new fork seals, but am unsure of how to change them. Thank you for any assistance.
 
I did this last winter and someone sent me some good info to guide me through. Let me look for it. The job went smooth once I figured out what I was doing but a stumpled for a week or so. It would be nice if I could spare you the stumbling.
 
If you have the info that would be very much appreciated. This is one of two final projects I have left to do on this bike, before I can really start to enjoy riding it. I appreciate the help.
 
Some answers to my quandry on Feb.

Some answers to my quandry on Feb.

Short answer....yes. The innner tube goes in first, than bushing, washer, seal.

http://www.dansmc.com/forks.htm
__________________
Bret
***************************
'83 Suz.GR650D (Ol' Blue)
'01 Yam.YZF600R
'82 Hon.CM450C
'80 Hon.CM400T
'78 Hon.CX500 (restore in progress)
***************************


That is the way it appeared to me. I was just wanting some confirmation before I started taking it apart. I am hoping for it to all go together like clock work. I think the key is to go to the pipe store and get a piece fo tubing that I can use to drive seal and maybe bushing into place.
__________________
Robin

1977 GS750, 1978 GS550 (I have a plan), 1985 GS700E, 1982 GS1100G

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last edited by rgierer : 02-02-2007 at 08:47 AM. Reason: spelling

OK folks....I need ideas on how to get the bushing out of the outer fork without buggerrring it up to the point that I need a new one. Ideas, preferably good ones please!!!
__________________
Robin

1977 GS750, 1978 GS550 (I have a plan), 1985 GS700E, 1982 GS1100G


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

let me report back.

The bike shop pulled the seals and they came out OK. Not great but they felt that if I cleaned them up I could successfully use them.

A piece of galvanized pipe fit perfectly for the installation. No muss no fuss just straight forward assembly.

Now I need to return this 8.00 piece fo galvanized pipe to the hardware store and put in the progressive springs and fork oil.

Not bad for a cold day in February
__________________
Robin

1977 GS750, 1978 GS550 (I have
 
You wouldnt happen to have the schematics for the forks on the 85gs700es specifically would you? I ask this because these forks say they contain high air pressure, and I have never ran up against that before.
 
Just changed out a seal yesterday on my GS700ES. It was an all day task but I finally got it done. They aren't under high pressure - the Suzuki limit for air is around 32psi and I seriously doubt you have that in your forks - in fact if they are leaking you probably have zero air pressure.

The hardest part of the whole job is breaking loose the bolt on the bottom of the fork that holds it all together. If it hasn't been removed before, the odds are high you'll strip out the hex head on the bolt before it breaks loose - so be careful with that. What you can do is drain the oil first and then try to loosen this bolt with the fork still totally together and still mounted to the triple tree - that way you can use the force of the spring to hold things tight inside while you work to break the bolt loose.

An alternative method for knocking out the seals with air pressure, rather than by tearing the fork about has been posted on this forum, but it didn't work for me - at least not with the 100psi I had available to try it with.

Good Luck.

BTW, if you want a parts breakdown, just go to this site and use their parts fiche - it's the exact same picture of components that is in the Suzuki shop manual:
http://www.prosourcemotorsports.com/fiche_select.asp?bogus=09474146X2K3K2005J1I21I12JPMQ1334R0
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top