The 2 things that caused me the biggest problems while doing this was my glide bushing (copper colored one) wasn’t seating right which cause my seals to not sit right because there wasn’t enough space. If you put the bushing on first without the washer hiding it you will know if it’s not flush. Second thing was the direction of the fork seal, the side with letters on the first seal should be facing away from the oil (towards the sky when installed on the bike) hope this saves someone some head and not having to buy another set of seals like me 😅. Good video though
Similar to KLR forks. It takes about 10 minutes to change fork springs if that's all you need to do. FYI...pieces of PVC pipe, sliced lengthwise can make good seal drivers in more that just bikes. Great video!
I just got the KLX230SM with the inverted forks so I hope you do a video on that as well. On your disassembly I was surprised that there was hardly any preload and no spacer inside the tube, but I'm more familiar with street bikes. Is this more common on dirt bikes?
We do for every freaking fork I could think of but this is a new diameter for us. The tool is ordered but I think this is a good way to show people that you can get the job done without issue even if you don't have the tools.
@@highlandcycles I completely understand that and agree with you but you will always have customers who complain, moan or bitch when they see some shade tree ingenuity. By the way, was that fork filled with ATF? The only colors I have seen are dirt brown, black and new clear fluid.
The 2 things that caused me the biggest problems while doing this was my glide bushing (copper colored one) wasn’t seating right which cause my seals to not sit right because there wasn’t enough space. If you put the bushing on first without the washer hiding it you will know if it’s not flush. Second thing was the direction of the fork seal, the side with letters on the first seal should be facing away from the oil (towards the sky when installed on the bike) hope this saves someone some head and not having to buy another set of seals like me 😅. Good video though
Similar to KLR forks. It takes about 10 minutes to change fork springs if that's all you need to do. FYI...pieces of PVC pipe, sliced lengthwise can make good seal drivers in more that just bikes. Great video!
Easy job that was👍
i got 1984 xr350 forks on my xr200......i like the punch method, i didnt want to buy a seal setter.......
Or you could just use a pvc pipe cut in half, put the two piece on the tube to drive the seal in, i've used it a few times and works flawlessly.
@@easterntownshipsenduro .......thanks man i got a piece of pipe in the garage i can use
I just got the KLX230SM with the inverted forks so I hope you do a video on that as well. On your disassembly I was surprised that there was hardly any preload and no spacer inside the tube, but I'm more familiar with street bikes. Is this more common on dirt bikes?
Yes
They think that was bad u should see some the ways I done seals threw out the years and idgaf the goal is not leaking and they didn't
Yep. As long as they move smooth and don’t leak, it’s a win.
That fork oil looks thick, like 80wt.
Yeah. Not sure but it was thick
I would expect a professional shop to have the correct tools to do the job at hand but that's just me.
We do for every freaking fork I could think of but this is a new diameter for us. The tool is ordered but I think this is a good way to show people that you can get the job done without issue even if you don't have the tools.
@@highlandcycles I completely understand that and agree with you but you will always have customers who complain, moan or bitch when they see some shade tree ingenuity.
By the way, was that fork filled with ATF? The only colors I have seen are dirt brown, black and new clear fluid.