Ross, I once used a cheapo brand seals to and they leaked. I don't remember the brand but they were guaranteed to never leak, Graham
On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Sad to say the bike has been sitting, forks still leaking (no air pressure in > forks) tried the sealmate a few times, I believe the problem is the cheap-o > unknown brand fork seals compounded with the pitted/rusted stanchions. > However the forks I found on ebay for 85 dollars, seem to be in good shape, a > quick oil change in them and install, just to get some more ride time on it > before season is over. > On Monday, September 2, 2013 9:28:18 AM UTC-4, Rmj wrote: > Everyone who is using cassettes & beta > > Thank you, > > Ross > From: Graham Rogers > Sent: 9/2/2013 7:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Fork Seals already? > > nobody that I know. > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 2:02 AM, surfswab wrote: > >> Who uses 35mm film anymore? >> >> On Sunday, September 1, 2013 12:26:49 PM UTC-4, kiwinPA wrote: >> That doesn't make sense. Are you sure you got the seals in up the right way >> and didn't overfill the forks? You mean the rust and pitting is in the >> part of the forks that goi into the seals? If so, that would explain the >> leaking, if not take some old 35 mm film, cut it so that it is hooked on one >> end, slide it down between the seal and the fork tube and run it around the >> tube to clean out any particles of dust, dirt or whatever. Picture what >> you're trying to accomplish and you'll be able to figure out how to do it. >> They make a simple plastic 'seal mate' to do just that. Forget the air >> pressure, just go with ambient (no pressure). Graham >> >> On Sep 1, 2013, at 10:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Ok so you know I rebuild a 84 CB700sc, and part of that rebuild was >>> tracking down some forks. At the time the only set on ebay that was not >>> bent did have some rust and pits in the slide area. I did clean it up with >>> some autosol and removed all trace of that compound. The seal kit I used >>> included a K&S seal and a OEM Honda dust seal. Air set at 5-6psi, after >>> about 200 miles both forks leaking very bad, pushing fluid out of them and >>> had a good size puddle of ATF on the floor in the garage. >>> >>> Looking for input, should I try again with my current forks and use OEM >>> Honda seals or should I try to find another set of forks in better shape? >>> I personally don't think the forks tore up the seals that fast and on both >>> sides maybe the seal is not made correctly, not sure. Is it a good idea to >>> maybe not use any air pressure if I do rebuild the ones I currently have? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
