No, just a brief description would be fine. I just got the forks off and found they are both bent. I never even knew it.
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Creative Residential Designs wrote: > We concur! Those snap rings suck. We'll do the silicone like you > said. From start to finish...hmm....already got the thing > apart....LOL!. I can take pictures if you want. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Graham Rogers > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:49 AM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Changing fork seals... > > I just replaced the fork seal on an '83 NH 650 yesterday and have > another to do today. I put silicon on the aluminum tube so that > the seal sealed on the outside but of course not around the tube. I > find the 650 NHs are the worst to do when it comes to those seals. > I'd like to know how you do it - from start to finish, > Graham > > On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Creative Residential Designs wrote: > >> Hey group...Bob and I are changing the fork seals on my Nightmare >> Nighthawk. ('83 650 officially, 83,84 and ,85 unofficially). We >> pulled off the dust boot to get the snap ring off. It was like the >> treasures of the Atochia in there, nothing but old rusty metal. We >> were able to get one rusty snap ring off and the other came off in >> pieces. We went to salvage another snap ring off of my parts bike >> and, alas, same problem. We finally got another one off though. My >> question is: is there any reason why we can't pack that spot with >> grease when we put the bike back together? It just seems logical >> considering the damage that moisture has done over time. HotrodMamma. >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
