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Offline donny

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upside down fork seals
« on: May 21, 2008, 01:39:14 PM »
if they are installed wrong, will they still work just as well as installed those right side up?  anyone done that?
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Offline Jay B

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Re: upside down fork seals
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2008, 02:28:41 PM »
I did that once a long time ago. Sorry to say, it didn't work.
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Re: upside down fork seals
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2008, 05:12:58 PM »
Did that once also. Answer is nope.
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Re: upside down fork seals
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2008, 05:25:24 PM »
ratski.....I thought so.  I guess there is no way to remove them and reuse without tearing them all to hell.  After 33 years the old ones were grown into the forks, it took a looong time to get them out.    :(
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Re: upside down fork seals
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2008, 05:34:51 PM »
boil some water with some wd40 and dip the fork seal end in it, leave for about 5 minutes and that seal eill just about fall out
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Re: upside down fork seals
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2008, 07:51:07 PM »
Get a Cclamp and a piece of wood.  Put the wood inbetween the c clamp and the seal with the c-clamp touching both the wood and the back of the seal.  Now turn the thing and it'll pop right out.
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