tonyn1
Apr 25th, 2009, 8:04 am
I'm in the middle of changing fork seals on my 94 R1100 RS. I've gotten them all apart and cleaned them out. I used a heat gun to heat up the top of the forks which makes getting the old seals out a snap where I was having difficulty with it before I applied heat. I noticed the inside of the fork is lined with several nylon pieces stacked one on top of the other. I noticed that one towards the bottom has a hole worn in it. I don't know if that will cause me any problems, but I don't know if replacements are available for these or not. I didn't see them listed in the parts fiche I looked at. When I bought my parts, I bought all the parts including the bushings, clips, washers, top caps, and bottom O-rings as I was not sure what I was going to run into doing this and my philosophy is I'd rather have the parts and not need them than to need them and not have them. The bushings seem like they're OK and I might just leave them in as they look like they would be a real hassle to change but if its not that hard I'll change them since I have them anyway. Anybody know how you get those out?
Now that I'm re-assembling the forks, I have a few questions about that. What is the best way to get the new seals in? I tried putting them in by hand and they always get one side seated before the other, leaving it cocked to one side and impossible to get the other side in. Is there some kind of tool that I put over the seal so I could tap it down evenly? I don't want to use a screwdriver or anything that might damage the seal. Also, I've replace the O-rings on the drain plugs, but don't see any torque specs for those bolts. Are there any, or does one just get it hand tight? Lastly, one of my manuals says to push down on the fitting at the top or the fork slider to bleed the air out of the forks, but this fitting looks like it's fixed in place with a nut. The top of the fitting has a brass area in the center which I thought might push down, but that does not either so I am at a loss on how to bleed these forks.
Now that I'm re-assembling the forks, I have a few questions about that. What is the best way to get the new seals in? I tried putting them in by hand and they always get one side seated before the other, leaving it cocked to one side and impossible to get the other side in. Is there some kind of tool that I put over the seal so I could tap it down evenly? I don't want to use a screwdriver or anything that might damage the seal. Also, I've replace the O-rings on the drain plugs, but don't see any torque specs for those bolts. Are there any, or does one just get it hand tight? Lastly, one of my manuals says to push down on the fitting at the top or the fork slider to bleed the air out of the forks, but this fitting looks like it's fixed in place with a nut. The top of the fitting has a brass area in the center which I thought might push down, but that does not either so I am at a loss on how to bleed these forks.