Fork seals

[kirriepete]

Mr MOT man (back in May) mentioned in passing (no advisories) that I'd maybe "overdone the WD40 anti-pit protection" on the fork legs, so I figured it was time to think about replacements.

Dust seals have seen better days, and what's with the dubious looking liquid coating?



Ahhhh - old fork oil/ATF, or is it mayo?



Oh dear [insert Deity of choice here] what a mess:


No, that hasn't been mullered by a screwdriver, that's the state the seal was in:

As an aside - see all the writing on the new seal, that goes uppermost, OK?

Genuine Honda replacements only - had aftermarkets before and they just don't last


After a 50 mile bedding in run - no oozing, job done


Nice clean 10W Fork oil in these puppies now, none of yer ATF for me, bootiful smooth ride over our billiard table smooth crappy potholed roads.

Next job - where's me Fuel 'zorst (next weekend maybe?) ....

[rj2para (Bisto)]

Afternoon Kirriepete,
have some more karma for a quality post and a free beer for the club fridge.

10W oil interesting I was talking oil weight with Skyhook last weekend as I think mine is 7.5 and Sky was saying he has a mix of 7.5 and 10 on his Yam.

The fork protectors look neat. I am tempted with a pair of those then add some reflective tape on the front. As a variant on a GvS mod.

I think I may up mine next time, because as GvS posted today our roads are not the best!

What weight do the rest of you use??

[AllRider]

I was wondering that too rj.

What weight/oil they are using?

Im changing my seals soon and wondering if people had any good recommendations on forks oils.

[De Graaf van Salland]

I used ATF in mine.

Use original Honda seals !