Fork oil level?/Leak?
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Fork oil level?/Leak?
My friend just got his first bike, 97' GSXR600. we drove 3 hours each way to pick it up. when we got back home i noticed oil on the rim coming from the fork seals or what ever they are called(black seals on the out side of the fork with metal spring/rubber band looking thing around it). the oil on leaked then the bike was in the truck with the forks compressed pretty good. could this be because the seal is bad? what about the oil level? how do you check oil level?
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Re: Fork oil level?/Leak? (hks85)
yup.... if your pissing outta your fork legs, the seals are bad.
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it
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Re: Fork oil level?/Leak? (Mike Panic)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike Panic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yup.... if your pissing outta your fork legs, the seals are bad.
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it</TD></TR></TABLE>
Seals are a piece of cake to do, go get a manual and do it yourself.
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it</TD></TR></TABLE>
Seals are a piece of cake to do, go get a manual and do it yourself.
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Re: Fork oil level?/Leak? (Luke)
or learnign wheelies and comming down really hard.....thats how i first blew my seals...and i had to change the brake pads as well, as they were not working worth ****....
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luke »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Seals are a piece of cake to do, go get a manual and do it yourself.</TD></TR></TABLE>
make sure if you do decide to do this you have a really good manual, or do it with someone whos done it before...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luke »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Seals are a piece of cake to do, go get a manual and do it yourself.</TD></TR></TABLE>
make sure if you do decide to do this you have a really good manual, or do it with someone whos done it before...
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Re: Fork oil level?/Leak? (Corollasroyce)
what if i want to save my self the headache and take it in to be done will it be cheaper to take the forks off the bike my self??? how much $
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Re: Fork oil level?/Leak? (hks85)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike Panic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yup.... if your pissing outta your fork legs, the seals are bad.
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know here it is quite a bit more, around $250 canadian.
from the sounds of how bad they are leaking, he's gonna need new front brake pads too, once that oil leaks down into the pads they are ruined.
if you take the bike to a shop it should cost around $150 w/ new seals to have them do it</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know here it is quite a bit more, around $250 canadian.
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