How long is it safe to ride???

[Radiohowie]

With a leaking fork seal?

Put a brand new PR2 on the front of Frankenbike Thurs 1/27/13 and discovered a sickening, slimey residue all over the right fork leg. Bust hasn't been over, so I have to assume the spooge is Yamajizz.

What's the downside in commuting with the fat cow with a leaky seal, and how long can I procrastinate this fix?

[wfooshee]

Ha. First post on the newly revived FJRIDERS and I'm going to link to the other place. See my escapade here.

It was about a month from discovering the splooge to getting parts and a free weekend.

I don't think you're gonna destroy anything by riding it, but it's gonna be messy. I remember coming home from that bridge ride (which is where I think the seal failed) with oil on my face shield, wondering where it had come from.

[beemerdons]

Oh for God's sake, they let the Manatee Molester in here? What's next, are they going to allow the fecking English in here too?

[mcatrophy]

What's next, are they going to allow the fecking English in here too?

Cooeee

[beemerdons]

What's next, are they going to allow the fecking English in here too?

Cooeee

Cheers, mcatrophy! I've been putting links I have found against the Scottish lodgings list that you sent to me, I will send it back to you for inspection prior to my riding to Mexico 1/25.

[Radiohowie]

Oh for God's sake, they let the Manatee Molester in here? What's next, are they going to allow the fecking English in here too?

Guess if they'll let a Manatee Molester in here, a Burro Besmircher couldn't be far behind.

Besides, I get the VERY FIRST POST in "FJR Specific Discussions"!!

[Intech]

With a leaking fork seal?

Put a brand new PR2 on the front of Frankenbike Thurs 1/27/13 and discovered a sickening, slimey residue all over the right fork leg. Bust hasn't been over, so I have to assume the spooge is Yamajizz.

What's the downside in commuting with the fat cow with a leaky seal, and how long can I procrastinate this fix?

Hey Howie, you might want to try the paper trick and make sure there isn't a piece of debris between the seal and the tube. That works sometimes. If it isn't leaking real bad you will have a while as long as it stays away from your brakes.

[juniorfjr]

Don't do as I did. Let it go until it saturated the brakes on that side. When she wouldn't stop, it kinda became an issue.

[FJR Turbine]

Watch for it leaking on the brakes obviously. I think a slow link isn't a problem until you lose so much that the two forks start acting differently in behavior.

[BikerGeek]

Bring 'er up for Tech Day VI, Howie!

Bust'll fix 'er right up for ya.

[Queensland Ken]

A mate of mine rode 1K kms for a visit, he had a sligh fork leak.
He initally thought he had a weeping clutch master cylinder.
By the time he arrived back home, fork oil was squirting up over the clutch lever and front brakes.

Great to see the Forum up and running again, thanks

[AHCHIU]

Try a Seal Mate. http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/art ... l_cleaner/

[silverback]

Experience talking here:

I rode it for a couple thousand or more miles. It was ok, but the handling degraded severly over time. Also, you want to keep the oil off the brake discs and pads, its bad news if it gets there.

All that being said, it took me a total of 45 minutes to replace it having never done it before. If you are brave enough to pull the seal without disasembling the entire fork, it saves A LOT of time and frustration. The down side is you can't clean everything out inside to sparkly new condition. My descision ot just pull the seal from the outside was based on the WAG that the thing was working, and only lost some oil so replenishing it and a new seal should be good enough.

Lo and behold, it was. Worked fine.

[wfooshee]

How the hell did you get the seal out without disassembling the fork? Just tear it up with pliers or something?

[silverback]

Carefully drill a hole in the metal part, drive in a sheet metal screw and pull.

Used to do that on crank seals and stuff on cars. Works like a charm.

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[Bust]

I'll rub me nuts on em anyway...

[Radiohowie]

Only my second or third visit to THIS sandbox...got to get my post count up so I can watch Bust degrade himself in the "Sheep's Pen", so back on topic,

My fork quit leaking....like the next day after finding oil running down the fork leg. Must've been a piece of grit or sumpthin' ... OR, the tech who changed my tire attempted a "hey, you need to get this fixed" on something that wasn't broken. Maybe want' even MY fork oil, just something dripped down the upper tube, all over the lower.

So, thanks for all the advice, and beemerdons? YOU KNOW!!!

[beemerdons]

Only my second or third visit to THIS sandbox...got to get my post count up so I can watch Bust degrade himself in the "Sheep's Pen", so back on topic,

So, thanks for all the advice, and beemerdons? YOU KNOW!!!

Yeah, Steve; I know, I know! "Go f@$k Myself!" So what else is knew? Hey get majicmaker over here, I see Walt sobered up enough to come over!