Hi, the fork bars often have rust on the top, no matter how much you clean it, some of it usually remains and the chrome plating on the bar is lifted. When you insert the new seal, it damages it and the forks end up losing oil again after a few months. It is advisable to tape the "dirty" part so that the seal is not damaged when inserted. google translation...
Job done Jay. You’ve saved it! This looks like it has years of life in it. I’ve only done fork seals once (ended up doing them twice) but made a pigs ear out of it. Keep up the good work Jay, I tell everyone about your channel. What’s next?
you can pull those bottom bolts out and drain the forks first thing, if you leave the forks attached to the bike, use your impact to loosen those bottom bolts and remove them while the forks are still on the bike. Then you can drain the oil without having a mess while the tubes are still in the steering clamps.. then loosen the top caps while the four tubes are still clamped in the clamps. that is one bolt you must loosen while the tubes are still in the clamps … You don’t need an impact for that. Just the right size socket, or a large crescent wrench or the correct size wrench. when driving the new seals into the fork slider, use the old seal to push the new ones in.. I also use grease on my seals before I install them.. The fork seals on my recent purchase in 2023, of a 2010 NT 700 from the original owner, does not need new fork seals. So whenever I pull the forks to change the oil which is now here in 2024 - 14 years old with about 8700 miles on the bike, I’m going to change the oil but not the bushings or the seals. I’m just going to change the oil on my nt700, and I am going to change the oil on my big machine at the moment, my Yamaha royal star venture. There is a clash of ideas between myself and Yamaha. In the owners manual for my Yamaha royal star venture. On the maintenance chart in the owners manual, it indicates that there is no need to ever change the fork oil… I absolutely disagree with that, if, for no other reason, the forks on the Yamaha royal star venture are air forks.. Air that the owner of the machine or the mechanic working on the machine puts in from an air hose from air that comes from a compressor.. you adjust the air pressure in Air Force maybe more often than checking or adjusting air pressure in tires.. that air has moisture in it. Over the years, my Yamaha royal star venture may only have 36,000 miles on it, but it has been getting moisturized air in the forks for 16 years. I wonder how much water is in those forks after 16 years.. that is why I am going to change the fork oil, going against my owners, manual recommendation.. I am also not going to change the fork seals on my Venture while I have the fork tubes out. Because they’re not leaking. .. One of the things that makes fork seals go bad is, dried bugs on the fork tube where the seal goes over it. Every time you clean your windshield or your face shield, if there are bugs on there, your forks have bugs on them too. So you need to clean your fork tubes in the wipe area where the seal passes over as often as you clean your windshield or your face shield… it’s not a bad idea to put gators over the four tubes now while you have the forks off to protect the wipe area of the fork tube from not only bugs, but rocks that get kicked up by cars you are following..
Hi, the impact driver is a DeWalt 1/2" but the battery wrench is just a cheap Amazon one but I made sure it came with two batteries and had variable speed, and its excellent 👍
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Hi, the fork bars often have rust on the top, no matter how much you clean it, some of it usually remains and the chrome plating on the bar is lifted. When you insert the new seal, it damages it and the forks end up losing oil again after a few months.
It is advisable to tape the "dirty" part so that the seal is not damaged when inserted. google translation...
@@gcalassa great tip, thanks mate
Job done Jay. You’ve saved it! This looks like it has years of life in it.
I’ve only done fork seals once (ended up doing them twice) but made a pigs ear out of it.
Keep up the good work Jay, I tell everyone about your channel.
What’s next?
Thank you, really do appreciate that. 2 new projects arriving this week including a make I have never worked on.
you can pull those bottom bolts out and drain the forks first thing, if you leave the forks attached to the bike, use your impact to loosen those bottom bolts and remove them while the forks are still on the bike. Then you can drain the oil without having a mess while the tubes are still in the steering clamps..
then loosen the top caps while the four tubes are still clamped in the clamps. that is one bolt you must loosen while the tubes are still in the clamps … You don’t need an impact for that. Just the right size socket, or a large crescent wrench or the correct size wrench.
when driving the new seals into the fork slider, use the old seal to push the new ones in.. I also use grease on my seals before I install them..
The fork seals on my recent purchase in 2023, of a 2010 NT 700 from the original owner, does not need new fork seals. So whenever I pull the forks to change the oil which is now here in 2024 - 14 years old with about 8700 miles on the bike, I’m going to change the oil but not the bushings or the seals. I’m just going to change the oil on my nt700, and I am going to change the oil on my big machine at the moment, my Yamaha royal star venture. There is a clash of ideas between myself and Yamaha. In the owners manual for my Yamaha royal star venture. On the maintenance chart in the owners manual, it indicates that there is no need to ever change the fork oil…
I absolutely disagree with that, if, for no other reason, the forks on the Yamaha royal star venture are air forks.. Air that the owner of the machine or the mechanic working on the machine puts in from an air hose from air that comes from a compressor.. you adjust the air pressure in Air Force maybe more often than checking or adjusting air pressure in tires..
that air has moisture in it. Over the years, my Yamaha royal star venture may only have 36,000 miles on it, but it has been getting moisturized air in the forks for 16 years. I wonder how much water is in those forks after 16 years..
that is why I am going to change the fork oil, going against my owners, manual recommendation..
I am also not going to change the fork seals on my Venture while I have the fork tubes out. Because they’re not leaking. ..
One of the things that makes fork seals go bad is, dried bugs on the fork tube where the seal goes over it. Every time you clean your windshield or your face shield, if there are bugs on there, your forks have bugs on them too. So you need to clean your fork tubes in the wipe area where the seal passes over as often as you clean your windshield or your face shield…
it’s not a bad idea to put gators over the four tubes now while you have the forks off to protect the wipe area of the fork tube from not only bugs, but rocks that get kicked up by cars you are following..
@@Jodyrides excellent advice there mate, will definitely take that onboard next time, thanks for watching 👍
Great video, what is the electric wrench and impact driver your using?
Hi, the impact driver is a DeWalt 1/2" but the battery wrench is just a cheap Amazon one but I made sure it came with two batteries and had variable speed, and its excellent 👍
@@vroomroom1 nice might look into that
6.04 reminds me , i really need to call her
@@chriswilliams9832 😂 that definitely wins comment of the month 😂