Got new fork tube quote.

[djs2k2]

So got a quote to fix my fork tube seals for$320 vs Harley Davidson $550. Sounds better to me? Any opinions or roll with it! This is with forks being taken off by them.....

 

[onetuford]

Boy I'd bet it could be done in your garage for a whole lot less.

 

[Silverrider]

Very easy with a few basic tools, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FptHgvIhO4

 

[AZmidget91]

Very easy with a few basic tools, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FptHgvIhO4

Hey, that's me!

And the seals/bushings
http://motoenthusiasts.bigcartel.com/product/fork-rebuild-kits

 

[djs2k2]

I would but I'm in az in an apartment all my tools are in GA. I am mechanically inclined done my rocker boxes and lots of other automotive things but never forks.

 

[AZmidget91]

I highly recommend trying to just clean the seals first with a seal mate before assuming the seals are bad.

https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-S...PR8AXXFXG5M50R6A0&ie=UTF8&qid=1478788296&sr=1

 

[Silverrider]

Wow ! Seal mate , neat tool !

 

[djs2k2]

 

[djs2k2]

 

[lowkey]

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Mine looked worse than that on the same side, lost almost 3/4 of the oil... try the seal mate first for sure. I ended up tearing them down and rebuilding them just to see what the problem was and never found anything as they were rebuilt about a 1000 miles before the oil leaked out. I rebuilt them with the same seals and haven't had an issue in 2000 miles. I bought the seal mate also but since I lost so much oil I wanted to tear them down and see. I think the seal mate would have fixed the issue without the tear down but now I know and made a coat hanger dipstick.

FYI I think I paid $180-$200 to have them rebuilt (new oil and seals/polished stanchions) off the bike and brought in though.

Here is my thread about the seal leak, the last couple of posts may be of use. http://www.buellxb.com/forum/showthread.php?51631-Right-side-fork-leg-need-input/page2


EDIT:
Also better check that your brake pads didn't get contaminated with oil.

When using the seal mate you need to first pull down the dust seal from the tube then run it around the oil seal, wipe stanchions and cycle the fork, try a few times to clean and cycle them to stop the leak. You will want to get oil back in there to cover what was lost or your tire will get destroyed from the loss of compression/rebound dampening.