Fork Reseal

[cjbrewer]

It's going to be in the low 70's this weekend and had hoped to ride my 06 FZ6 for the first time in over a year. I had a baby last June and hadnt been able to ride since last October.

I noticed that oil was around bike. After some inspection it looks like my fork seals have completely leaked out. My bike is stock. I found someone to reseal them and to save cost, I just have to bring all the parts.

My question is: do i need to replace everything in the forks? OR just order a few key pieces.

I had hoped my husband would take care of it all but he's been working alot, so Im taking matters into my own hands. lol

 

[YZF73]

If the bikes been sitting for as long as you've said, and they weren't leaking when the bike was parked, the fork seals have likely just relaxed and may not require replacement.

Could you comment on the amount of oil that has leaked out? As this would give a better idea of whether the seals are blown or have just relaxed.

It's well worth cleaning up oil that has leaked out (be sure to be very thorough, especially making sure that there's none on the brakes, you don't want any oil on those!!!) and go for a short ride (maybe 10 miles), clean them up again (should be much less), ride a similar distance again and take another look, and you'll likely find that they have stopped leaking.


Hope this helps,

Yamahaboyz

 

[YZF73]

Any luck?


Yamahaboyz

 

[YZF73]

Bump?

 

[outasight20]

To the OP. It's two seals. One is on the outside and is the one you see when looking at the top of the fork chamber around the fender. The other is on the bottom of the fork leg inside the chamber and rides up and down on the inside of the chamber. There is a bolt holding the damper (and fork leg) to the chamber that can be seen on the bottom of the forks looking up. Loosen and remove this bolt and you can forcefully but carefully yank the fork leg out of the chamber, removing the upper seal in the process. Replace seals, fluid, and re-assemble. Takes 2-4 hours considering the wheel, fender, brakes, and forks have to be removed from the bike. May require some innovative tool solutions. Hope this helps.

I used the All Balls fork seal kit.