Motorcycle fork seal replacement?

[josh7328]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

[Great-Kazoo]

Knowing what MC and style of forks would help. Some are very easy to replace, others the cost of the "speciality" tools are not worth the investment. IF you have never done them before there's a motto which says.
How Much and How Long

[Shootersfab]

Take it somewhere. Mark at pro motion is great. While you are I there spend the little extra to tune your suspension to your weight and riding style. Best thing you can do to a bike IMO. Night and day difference

[lead_magnet]

Did my own with a screwdriver and some sockets and ratchets, worked out fine for years. Then again, I don't own a Harley :P ... just taking a guess there, lmao.

[baglock1]

Just rebuilt the forks on mine a few weeks ago but it's a real simple setup. I agree with Jim; details on the make/model would help.

[HBARleatherneck]

Did my own with a screwdriver and some sockets and ratchets, worked out fine for years. Then again, I don't own a Harley :P ... just taking a guess there, lmao.

i have done it on many bikes. From brand new harleys to dirt bikes. Why brand new Harley? To switch to chrome lowers and lower the bike at the same time. It isnt rocket science. If you have a manual, and are capable of attention to detail, its no trouble.


unless you are running a fairing like a batwing or shark nose. then its still not a problem, but it takes a lot longer to remove it all.

[Bandit4142]

I've changed the seals in my Shark and my wife's Heritage, they're not hard at all. If its a Harley, they're simple, just get a shop manual. If you ride a sport bike or other metric with inverted forks.... that can be considerably more of a challenge.

One word of advice, if you remove the forks from the bike (whatever it is) and take the individual fork tubes to a shop the price for seal replacement is "usually" CONSIDERABLY cheaper. Most of the labor is in removing and re-installing the forks. Not the install of the seals. That will usually save you a bundle.

[josh7328]

Not sure where the Harley idea came into this. I would never ride an Oily Davidson! I ride a Yamaha FZ6R. I prefer not to do the seals myself because I have very few tools here and even less time on my hands.

[Mountain Boy]

I 2nd T-fog, Those guys are great and if it is indeed tfogger, even better. Before I sold my last bike, I had them do 100% of the work I didn;'t do myself. Nice guys, good proces and outstanding work! So far have not needed them for the quads but I will someday.

[Citizen_Soldier]

I have an 07 Yamaha R6 and just brought it in to the shop when mine needed to be replaced last year. I could certainly find out how, but I don't have the right tools to do it plus I'm not a mechanic so I brought it into a local shop. It was a bit pricey, but I don't remember it being anywhere close to 3 bills. I'd call around to different shops for better pricing.