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Enduro Suspension Tuning & maintenance of Enduro forks, shocks, etc |
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Fork seals, Do I have them installed correct
I have leaking forks and someone said I might have the seals installed upside down.
Forks are on 2004 DE200. Please view pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/ramcclure/ForkSeals you can use magnifying glass to enlarge, and refer to captions. Seals are new and only had 10 miles on them when they started to leak so I removed and inspected and reinstalled and rode again and still leaked so someone mentioned I might have seals in upside down. Before I flip the seals I was hoping someone will know by looking at pictures so I can put them back togther and enjoy some riding. |
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I have a new set of Moose seals here that I was hoping would help me help you.
It has a diagram on the package and it says "double lip side torwards oil". As I see it, the arrow in my exagerated sketch points torwards oil. The angled lips I drew are on the inside diameter of the seal. |
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The hollow side with the tension spring is always toward the inside of the fork.
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The Moose spares I have are open on both sides and have springs on both sides. They're almost symetrical unless you look close. The ones I have in the forks are as you describe, open w/spring on one side.
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one side on my seals is more open than the other and that side is facing down so that means I did install them upside down.
Thanks a Bunch. Fresh Motor Thanks to Jack Bondus, fresh suspension, weather in the 60-70 degrees, correction will be made and I'll post update after riding this coming up weekend. |
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I heard some not so good things about the Moose seals. I just go OEM. Any problems?
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I've got a leaking (OEM) seal. I've got these Moose seals sitting here but I'm scared to waste time installing them if they're junk. What to do ?
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install them and find out if they are junk!!!
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widebears tip here for you: alway's use a plastic baggie on the end of the fork tube as you slip the seal over the end of the tube, they can be damaged very easily and a oiled plastic bag helps a lot in letting the seals slip over the tube without damage.
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Yup. Poor man's bullet tool.
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