| Update of fork seals
OK. Got some pro-moly seals from Motohaus marketing (good service). The new seals are the same size as the oem seals but require you to use an additional washer on top of the seal and instructions say there must be 0.5mm float. Well, there would be NO float even without the additional washer. After looking at things closely, I removed the thick oem washer and relaced in with one supplied in the kit (much thinner). Then on went the seal, then the other (thin) washer supplied in the kit. This left about 0.5mm float. Re-assembling the forks I noticed that the stanctions were a very tight fit through the new seal (so much so that I was worried about the forks sticking down). Now all re-assembled it seems to work fine. I'll report back in a while - but I wont be able to do many miles yet as my regulator has just gone! Damn damn damn! It's just one thing after another.
[Edited on 20-7-2003 by Graham M] |