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Duffy1964

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Fork Seals Advice Please
« on: 29 June 2015, 02:21:38 pm »
Hi I have recently purchased a 2006 FZ6 that had been standing for 5 years, I got it running and MOT passed and have had 300 fun miles so far.
Today I noticed one of the fork seals leaking, they have probably gone brittle due to being left standing a while.

Are these an easy fix and is there a link on here to show them dismantled and refitted or possibly a manual that I can download?

Cheers Duffy

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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #1 on: 29 June 2015, 08:02:32 pm »
Have a look in the downloads section Duffy, there's free downloads of manuals for most models  :D


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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #2 on: 30 June 2015, 05:12:48 am »
Cheers Steve that's great. I'm still trying to navigate this site
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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #3 on: 06 July 2015, 10:33:25 pm »
you can try this first, not tried it myself but it might be better replacing the seals as its not a big job.  https://youtu.be/8wlzfoVroSY

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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #4 on: 06 July 2015, 10:38:08 pm »
or even this free one.  https://youtu.be/-lJH3nnw6mM

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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #5 on: 07 July 2015, 01:56:30 pm »
Damn, I wish I'd known about that before I paid to get one fixed after it failed the MOT :(

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Re: Fork Seals Advice Please
« Reply #6 on: 13 July 2015, 05:50:53 pm »
Cheers I will give that a try before I start pulling it all apart :)
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