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oldchuffer:
Taken the forks out of my restoration project. The forks look in decent condition but i'd like to replace the seals, can it be done without dismantling the forks? Or would it be easier to dismantle? If so are there any pitfalls to watch out for?

Nurse Julie:
It can be done without dismantling but to be honest, as you've got the forks out, it's a really good opportunity to drain all the old oil and crud out which settles at the bottom, give the insides a really good clean out and rebuild. There's a post on when I did my 400 ones, I'll try and find it and post the link.
Now attached. You have to read the whole thread as panic stations snuck in at one time, re the orientation of the seals.

http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,14717.msg120007.html#msg120007

smoothoperator:
Just come back from the garage having started to try and dismantle the forks and by magic, this post appears. Good old Julie strikes again. My allen bolt is clearly rotating the whole unit it holds in so I stopped. It does say in the manual to leave the top nut tight to give spring pressure but it's hard to imagine this making much difference. I'll try with the impact driver tomorrow if I my allen socket combo fits. Fingers crossed or yet more tools needed. Went to collect some epoxy resin from the RS shop in Corby today as I am having a go at replacing the HT leads.

Spitfire:
If I remember rightly when that happened with mine I took the top nut off and placed either a socket or a piece of tube in the leg and put the top nut back on, this held it enough to undo the bottom bolt.

Cheers

Dennis

smoothoperator:
Now that sounds like a top tip.

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