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Offline stay youth

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Removing front fork oil seal???
« on: June 14, 2008, 02:17:01 PM »
I'm attempting to overhaul a spare set of front forks and would like to change out the oil seal. How do I remove this without damaging the fork. I can remove it with a screwdriver but I really don't want to damage the fork walls.

Any tips???

Thanks!
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Offline Patrick

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Re: Removing front fork oil seal???
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 02:40:26 PM »
Put a piece of wood between the screwdriver and the fork leg.

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Re: Removing front fork oil seal???
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2008, 02:57:56 PM »
stand the leg seal down in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes, that seal willpop out easy as
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