Rebuilding Honda GL1100 Goldwing Front Forks. How to Replace Fork Seals
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2022
- Remove and rebuild the forks from my 1982 Honda GL1100 Goldwing. We will dis assemble, clean and replace the fork seals. A little how to on the forks and what all the parts do when they are working correctly.
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Brilliant! Thank you. Excellent instructive video. Without you guys sharing your knowledge so generously like this, it would be an uphill battle to keep these fantastic machines on the road.
Loving that V-Strom in the background!
Success!!! Fork seals are replaced, no more leaks. Thanks for the video, used a 1 ½” pvc pipe to set the seals. No “tappy tap tap for me. Lol thanks again, extremely useful info. 👍
Nice work! Thank you for watching.
I love the way the gl handles
Thanks for taking the time for these wonderful videos. They tell mw what to expect, how to do it, what to watch out for. One nit: A motorcycle has ONE fork, with TWO fork tubes. Calling each tube a "fork" is annoying to me, but these days I am in a minority. Even Rider Magazine, Road Runner Magazine, and other notable experts publications, use the plural term "forks" to describe the front suspension. Oh well.
I have not heard this before. I have always called the forks forks. Good point. Thank you for watching.
Thank you for sharing. Just had an accident with my 83 GL1100 and I need to replace the fork tubes so this video is going to be great help in my motorcycle recovery, and my medical recovery three stitches in my nose
Sorry to hear about the accident. I hope your recovery goes well. Thank you for watching.
Love your vid's, I was given, and brought home an '82 GL1100 yesterday. The video's, will be extremely helpful in my endevour's, to bring it back to all it's glory. The Goldwing has been my dream bike, since having my first bike around 40 years ago. Wish I could copy & paste an image of it here, but youtube does not allow that.
Glad to help
Great video, thanks for taking the time to put this together! Riding an 83 GL1100 currently as well as a 76 GL1000!
Hello fellow old GL enthusiast! Thank you for watching.
My gawd man, your videos are changing my whole confidence level. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you for watching.
For me this video is the best 👌 .
Much appreciated.
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the video, I need to do this on my 1981 gl1100
Glad it helped! Thank you for watching.
Muchas gracias! Desde Argentina, aprendiendo del maestro.
Thank you for watching. Not sure I am a master but I've been doing this for 30+ years.
I’ve been rebuilding a 1981 GL1100 that had been abused and left to rot outside for 5yrs in a Canadian climate. I managed to disassemble one fork just like your video (thanks for that 👍) but on the worst fork I had a bit of a fight, the washer next to the seal had mushroomed out. A little heat and sweat and time, I got it out but in the process of removing the fork the larger bushing came off the fork and lodged itself in the seal. Got it loose but it reseated itself in the process. Now what?? Any help would be appreciated. Your video was spot on…gave me the courage to try, just gotta figure out the bushing removal.
Back in the day.... Honda made a special tool that you pressurized the fork in order to remove the fork seals and that blasted cupped washer. I have not had any success using that tool. Just be careful when pulling them apart. Thank you for watching.
this was very helpfull, thanks for sharing and making the video!
Glad it was helpful!
Just used your tip on mounting the forktube cap, with the socket over it. Worked a treat 🎉🎉
19:11 a piece of PVC pipe as seal driver, can be split to accommodate whatever diameter...
I have seen this before and have used it as well. Thank you for watching.
God bless you❤
Thank you.
Excelent 😊❤
Thank you for watching.
Nice job! I have been meaning to do that job.
Could've use the old seal to drive the new one? Which oil you used? ATF or Fork oil?
Great point! I used Honda SS8 fork oil. ATF would work just fine though. Thank you for watching.
I have a gl1000 1976 I take it the forks are pretty much the same?😊
For my 82 gl1100 Aspencade, my manual shows a back up plate ring, in between the snap ring and fork seal, I know the fork seals were last done in 97 lol, I did not see the back up plate in there, I also didn't see you use it, do I need it? Also do you know if I still use the small spring if I switch to the progressive springs? Thank you in advance
The more modern seals usually do not use the back up ring on top of the fork seals for this bike. As far as the fork spring it should list in the directions if they use the smaller springs or not. Thank you for watching.
I'm doing this job in a week. I'm going to try and keep the full faring on and the upper tubes on the bike. I know it will be pain but maybe less pain than removing the front, no?
If it is the factory fairing you can leave it in place. Just reach in from the top and bottom to get at the clams and the steering weight. Do one side at a time to keep things where they belong. Thank you for watching.
I know this is an old video, but maybe you'll see this. When you're tapping on the bushings, what're you trying to accomplish? I'm having a devil of a time getting my seals back in and I'm wondering if i need to tap the bushings down.
The top busing has to fully seat to allow room for the fork seal. Thank you for watching.
Перья можно не вынимать из траверс. Снимаете стопорное кольцо над сальником и откручиваете нижний болт. Стакан вилки просто снимается вниз. И нет необходимости трогать пружины.
Yes you can do it that way. But, you cannot clean the fork properly.
@@RaymoreRepair All the dirt is already below. It is heavier than oil.
Hello, what amount of lubrication is needed for the driveshaft (Honda gl1100)?
If you are referring to the final drive, It hold less than a pint. Thank you for watching.
Hi, my back-up ring is stuck in the fork slide. Any suggestions on how to remove it?
That can happy with these forks. Just keep trying to get it and eventually you'll get it.
@@RaymoreRepair Update: Had to buy this tool to release it. In order not to damage the edges of the fork slide, I installed the old dust cover and worked the tool on top of it. It came off easily.
The tool: a.co/d/hVKJFnL
Where did you get your fork vice.
It s from Park Tools. They make mostly bicycle tools but this stand works great for forks. Thank you for watching.
Not sure why people in the comments are applauding you. Maybe they’re just being nice.
For the reassembly, why couldn’t you have shown the camera first which parts you were installing? That way we the viewer could see the direction and order of the parts. Instead you have a half ass view of the fork where you quickly throw the parts down.
Thank you for your opinion and your cinematic advice. I'll try and do better in the future.
Looks like you put the fork seals in upside down to me. 🤔
They are in the correct way. Thanks for watching.
At 20:20, you forgot to put in the C clip before putting on the dust cap!
Am I wrong?
I put it in but may not have caught it on video. Thank you for keeping an eye on me. I appreciate that. Thank you for watching.
Lol forgot to put retaining clip in before the dust seal
Yes I did. Thank you for watching.
Great video! I like that you don’t switch camera angles a lot. Where would I get new or aftermarket fork tubes? Mine are pitted and chrome is bubbling. I have a 1981 GL1100. Same issue on my 1986 Shadow 500. It took some digging but I think this is the tube for the 500. Any aftermarkets? Thanks. 51410-mf5-003
There used to be a company called Forks By Frank. They had all kinds of tubes and could make some as well. Thank you for watching.