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fork seals

Started by moonrunnah, March 20, 2013, 04:57:58 PM

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moonrunnah

got my fork seals done today all nice and clean and ready to go on the bike..... one step closer to her being ready
When in doubt throttle out

beanbagsj

hello,about how long did the seals take to do.

FJmonkey

Quote from: beanbagsj on March 20, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
hello,about how long did the seals take to do.

Mine take about 2 beers.... one per side...
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

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baldy3853

Quote from: FJmonkey on March 20, 2013, 06:07:47 PM
Quote from: beanbagsj on March 20, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
hello,about how long did the seals take to do.

Mine take about 2 beers.... one per side...
LOL yeah 9 gallon cans  :sarcastic:

moonrunnah

with the right tools about 45 mins not very hard to do (except for loosing the bottom bolt)
once you do one the other one is easyer to do
When in doubt throttle out

yamaha fj rider

Quote from: FJmonkey on March 20, 2013, 06:07:47 PM
Quote from: beanbagsj on March 20, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
hello,about how long did the seals take to do.

Mine take about 2 beers.... one per side...
Here they don't sell any thing larger than a quart (just a little smaller than a liter). So we would need a few more than that.  :lol:

Kurt
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