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Street Bob - Leaking Fork Seals, Help....

  • vladt
    vladt
    14 years ago

    Hi All,

    I am in a bit of a predicament here and not sure what to do.
    I've just powdered fork lowers on my 08 Street Bob.
    Just to be on a safe side, I've changed the fork seals when assembling forks back. I've followed the instructions outlined in a service manual precisely. I've used a little bit of grease on fork seals prior to driving them in. Also they did go in rally easy.

    Now, I took my bike for it's first run and the oil is "spraying" out of fork seals. I am stunned. I have no idea what I've done wrong!!!
    All seems to be assembled OK but the oil is leaking.

    Any ideas? Any pitfalls that I might have overlooked?

    Any advice would be much appreciated. I am going to pull forks apart again tonight, but what do I look for?

    Thanks

  • mumbles
    mumbles
    14 years ago
    Make sure the washers are under the oil seals which are lip down,
    1.upper locating bush-2 washer-3 oilseal-4 clip-5 dust cover-6 chrome cover.
    hope this helps
  • vladt
    vladt
    14 years ago
    Hmm.
    Had the seals installed the wrong way in. Didn't help that I had kids running around all over the place and being distracted.
    All good now.

    thanks
    Vlad