Fork Seals

lokisurfer · Post by **lokisurfer** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:34 pm

I had my seals changed about 2 months ago due to severe leaking. The new seals have gone already, both of them. The stanchions are not affected by pitting as far as I can see. The guy that did them says he will redo them.
My chassis no. begins 3LG but the wiring loom has 3GM on it. I told him the bike is a 3GM.
Any thoughts?
Cheers

lokisurfer · Post by **lokisurfer** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:35 pm

It's 1989

Post by **Stig** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 8:38 pm

Both 89 & 90 share the same diameter forks so the seals should be the same. Leaking may be due to bent legs, worn bushes or poor quality/ poorly fitted seals

willandrip · Post by **willandrip** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:32 pm

Stig wrote:Both 89 & 90 share the same diameter forks so the seals should be the same. Leaking may be due to bent legs, worn bushes or poor quality/ poorly fitted seals

Or....good quality genuine Yamaha seals that have sat on a shelf since.....
yes you guessed it....1989...

lokisurfer · Post by **lokisurfer** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:00 pm

Only 1 seal was leaking originally. The guy that did them told me he would fully service and rebuild the forks, not just fit new seals. When I told him they were leaking after he'd fitted new ones, he let slip that he didn't inspect them too closely when he fitted the new seals. I think he said something like "didn't remember seeing anything that would have caused this" or something like that. Still waiting to hear from him since I told him about 2 weeks ago.

oldskoolexup · Post by **oldskoolexup** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:04 pm

lokisurfer wrote:Still waiting to hear from him since I told him about 2 weeks ago.

Any joy?

lokisurfer · Post by **lokisurfer** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:14 pm

got it sorted now