Changing a fork seal/fork oil??

[Half Squid]

Is this something I could do, or should i give this to GMD?

The forks are my old Falco forks i replaced, I just want to replace the fork seal and replace the lost oil and then sell the forks. I will do the other fork as well so they have an equal amount of fresh oil and seals.


If I can do it myslef I can save $ and sell these easier/cheaper...

[SSearchVT]

If you want to do it right and take the forks apart - dig around on the interweb and see what special tools are needed, and if you need to deal with an internal cartridge...

[landricscustoms]

I can help you.

[Sportygurl131]

half squid, im doing mine tommorow... not the same as yours though... :-D

[Sportygurl131]

i have a pin from scott but i need to get a front stand hopefully i can scrounge one up

[DankDirtyBird]

I may be able to supply a front stand. What size pin does your bike take?

[Half Squid]

I have a front stand, and have ways to adapt to different pin sizes...

If your doing this in Ashland let me know I can bring the stand over. If elsewhere let me know so I can plan out getting it to you.

I just ordered the fork seals, so I will most likely be doing these within the next few weeks. No rush as these are off the bike and going on the market when complete. along with the entire Mille front end!

[Chippertheripper]

Not too hard at all. But if the falco has a preload setting you might want to look into spring compressors, and a correct size slide hammer is the best way to get the seals in correctly. You can use long pipe type clamps a-la home depot for spring compressors, with a couple big tie wraps around them to keep the tubes in line, but putting the seals back in around the tubes without a slide hammer is not going to be easy. I'd say you'd have probably a 90% chance to wreck them.

[Danz19899]

dan her bike is a 17 if i remember correctly and your a 13 lol go figure

[Degsy]

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You will regret doing this yourself. Too many pitfalls and special tools make the job much easier. Ill do anything on a bike but take forks or a shock apart. Damper rod forks are fine but those cartridge forks...I pay a pro to do it.

[scottfromboston]

i have a pin from scott but i need to get a front stand hopefully i can scrounge one up

Still have the front stand if you need it.

[Kham]

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You will regret doing this yourself. Too many pitfalls and special tools make the job much easier. Ill do anything on a bike but take forks or a shock apart. Damper rod forks are fine but those cartridge forks...I pay a pro to do it.

yah i looked at the manual for my bike and does not look easy. too many special tools require. not sure if i want to do this myself or come up with 500 bucks.

[Degsy]

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$500!!!!!!! No way.

[Kham]

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$500!!!!!!! No way.

i thought thats waht GMD charge. is it more?

[Degsy]

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That would be for a revalve. If you bring your forks in for a seal/oil change, you should be out of there for $200 or do.

[Jim]

i thought thats waht GMD charge. is it more?

i picked up a set of 636 forks from GMD that needed oil and seals done. it was like $210 after tax

[Currently]

Peter is reasonable with his rates ... everything else ... <cringe>

He has authored more one-liners than anyone else I know!

Honestly, you can't go wrong by going there, you will get the truth and dealt with fairly.

[Kham]

200? guess i won't be doing it myself when the time come.