Fork Seals

[Spyglass]

I've been neglecting my poor old Gen 1.

We've had some hot & humid weather up here recently so I went to see if there might be any new leaks.



I think she's being passive-aggressive.

Add fork seals to the list.

 

[Pighuntingpuppy]

If you try the business card trick, you just might have some dirt in there and you can save some time and money. My Gen 2 gave me a weep. Business card trick cleaned out the dirt and I havent leaked a bit after that.

 

[CaptainKyle]

If you have to replace them make sure you use OEM seals

 

[Fire-medic]

A piece of a plastic milk bottle shaped like the capital letter J can also be used to remove crud from beneath the fork seal lip, pull-up the dust seal first.

 

[caseyjones955]

X2 on OEM seals, also I used the following vid from Morley as a guide and found it very useful.

 

[Spyglass]

Thanks for all the info.

Before replacing the seals, I tried to clean them first.



I used a Seal Mate, but now that I have it, I should have just crafted my own as Fire-medic suggested.



This is what the left side looked like.



This is the right. There was a little oil sitting on the seal and under the dust cover.

Not a lot of dirt came out with the Seal Mate.



This is under the left side cap. I guess they don't keep out the water.

There was zero pressure behind the Schrader valve.

After cleaning them up I set them to 11psi and put some grease on the rim of the cap to try and seal it better.

I did not check the oil level as we're in winter up here, so there's no rush.

There will be plenty of heat-cold cycles with the wood stove, so I'll see if there are any leaks over the next little while as there was before.