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Fork Seals 750F2 (Long with pictures) Part 1

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PMK:
Use the old seal to drive the new one in. Once the groove is seen replace the C clip by poking it into the groove and gently pressing it into place. Ensure it goes in all the way round with a nice click noise.

Next re-insert the leg and slide the dust cover into position, Then refit the allen screw in the base.

In the best traditions of the Haynes manual re-assembly is the reverse of dismantling. Then do the other one.

Once both seals are replaced refill with oil. To do this you need to remove the big nut at the top of the leg (23mm Socket) like this
 


Then fill with oil, I use a big 60ml syringe and as the F2 uses 155ml I do 2 fills of 50ml then a 55ml one.

PMK:
If the seal has been leaking real bad it's always a good idea to replace the brake pads too.

Mine were salvaged with brake cleaner and a rub over with sandpaper.

Hope this helps someone

 ;D

Spitfire:
Excellent work, should keep this one handy, on mine (F1) the Allen bolt in the bottom of the leg just kept turning, so I undid the big nut at the top and bunged in a couple of sockets then put the nut back on, this worked and I got the bolt out.

Cheers

Den

Yoshi823:
Stubborn bolts that go through the bottom of the fork leg can be undone with an air ratchet together with a bit of pressure down on the springs so's to put some weight onto the damper rod.

On another bike of mine I found a nut that fitted into the recess on the top of the damper rod, the, using an old Imperial sized 1/2" socket I welded the two together. This then meant that I was able to hold the damper rod steady while undoing the lower bolt.

It's a good idea to put a dab of blue Loctite on the thread of the lower bolt when reassembling this.

Also, before removing the fork legs from the yokes, it's a good idea to loosen the top caps on the forks, so that if you need to undo them so's to remove the springs they're already loose. The top yoke clamp nolts for the fork should be undone to do this, but leave the lower yoke clamp bolts done up.

Picasoo:
Nice pics...thanks!!

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