I just replaced my son's seals on his 2002 TTR-125L. Adding some more notes for people: I bought a piece of 1 1/4" x 2ft PVC at Menards, cut it in half and then cut another 1/4" from each half to make the seal driver. I made it about 5" long. Use the leftover piece to help push the dust seal in place later. The service manual says to use nylon fabric over the top of the shock tube and then put the fork seal over that. It really worked well to help slide the seal down the tube. My wife was pissed I wrecked a pair of her nylons, but it worked. Put the shock on the ground with a rag underneath it, not in a vice, to push in the seal. I found the vice would slip. I could only find the 14mm hex bit in a 1/2" drive socket which didn't fit into my shock tube. I used a spare bolt to push the 14MM bit out of the 1/2 socket it came with and put it in a 14MM 3/8" socket. Worked great. My last and best tip is, I used a dirt bike tire iron to pull the old seal out. Its not sharp, its wide and long which let me pull the old seal in a couple minutes. Screwdrivers were not working at all for me. put a rag between the handle and the outer edge of the shock. Once I got everything above figured out, the second shock only took 45min. I put in 15W shock oil which really stiffened up the suspension. One other thing, just remembered - the 8mm bolt on the bottom of the shock you'll need an allen wrench or a longer 8mm hex socket driver that is a bit longer than normal. I couldn't find one long enough at Menards or Lowes. It needs to be 1.5" or longer. I almost stripped mine using an impact gun. I used an allen wrench and the 14mm socket which worked just fine, but I had to use a pipe on the allen wrench for more leverage.
I just did this job on my TTR (really appreciate the video btw), and I tried making a fork seal driver like you did, I could not for the life of me get it tightened down enough to not slip on the fork tube. So I ended up temporarily putting the fork cap on (to keep dust out) and using a longer piece of PVC tube as a drift so I could tap on the top of the fork seal driver with a small rubber mallet. Took me 10 minutes alone driving the fork seal on the first fork trying it your way, and 30 seconds using the mallet. Just for anyone else who may run into trouble with that.
this is great because I didn't know about the extension tool on the inside. Somehow I did get it apart but needed a little info for reassembly. Thanks alot!
Lol. My wife just popped out her seals right before you sent your response! Weird. Anyway, we put them in the oven on warm to expand them and it made a world of difference.
I just replaced my son's seals on his 2002 TTR-125L. Adding some more notes for people: I bought a piece of 1 1/4" x 2ft PVC at Menards, cut it in half and then cut another 1/4" from each half to make the seal driver. I made it about 5" long. Use the leftover piece to help push the dust seal in place later. The service manual says to use nylon fabric over the top of the shock tube and then put the fork seal over that. It really worked well to help slide the seal down the tube. My wife was pissed I wrecked a pair of her nylons, but it worked. Put the shock on the ground with a rag underneath it, not in a vice, to push in the seal. I found the vice would slip. I could only find the 14mm hex bit in a 1/2" drive socket which didn't fit into my shock tube. I used a spare bolt to push the 14MM bit out of the 1/2 socket it came with and put it in a 14MM 3/8" socket. Worked great. My last and best tip is, I used a dirt bike tire iron to pull the old seal out. Its not sharp, its wide and long which let me pull the old seal in a couple minutes. Screwdrivers were not working at all for me. put a rag between the handle and the outer edge of the shock. Once I got everything above figured out, the second shock only took 45min. I put in 15W shock oil which really stiffened up the suspension. One other thing, just remembered - the 8mm bolt on the bottom of the shock you'll need an allen wrench or a longer 8mm hex socket driver that is a bit longer than normal. I couldn't find one long enough at Menards or Lowes. It needs to be 1.5" or longer. I almost stripped mine using an impact gun. I used an allen wrench and the 14mm socket which worked just fine, but I had to use a pipe on the allen wrench for more leverage.
I just did this job on my TTR (really appreciate the video btw), and I tried making a fork seal driver like you did, I could not for the life of me get it tightened down enough to not slip on the fork tube. So I ended up temporarily putting the fork cap on (to keep dust out) and using a longer piece of PVC tube as a drift so I could tap on the top of the fork seal driver with a small rubber mallet. Took me 10 minutes alone driving the fork seal on the first fork trying it your way, and 30 seconds using the mallet. Just for anyone else who may run into trouble with that.
Thanks for the video. Really helped me with changing my fork seals.
Thanks for the video! I just did my wifes ttr forks and this helped way more than the bs claymers book that i have.
Glad it helped, thanks for watching, Joe! Don't forget to check out my newer vids to become a better rider!
this is great because I didn't know about the extension tool on the inside. Somehow I did get it apart but needed a little info for reassembly. Thanks alot!
@ 2001 Blaster Fun
I went down & got a 14mm star socket & long ass extension & had that shit apart in 2 min. 3 hrs
to figure what to do
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Lol. My wife just popped out her seals right before you sent your response! Weird. Anyway, we put them in the oven on warm to expand them and it made a world of difference.
Cool just got my BBR rear spring on yesterday & how it sits now. Later today is the BBR h.d. fork springs & seals & this vid should help. 👍🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
Glad it helped, hope you've been enjoying your modded TTR, Slippy!
would love to see a video woit better quality but it was very helpful i got mine done in 2 hours!
Great job. Thank you for doing it.
great video
Awesome Dude, Thank You!
what part number are the fork seals you used? I can't find any for my 2007 TTR 125E..
Thank you!
You're welcome!
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A clean shop is a Happy shop. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yep, this was an old, temporary "shop". Better than working outside in the winter here.
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Yep, Winter do Suck 🏁