Any bike riders with leaky front fork seals here?

[1969chargerrtse]

I found this amazing product on my Gold Wing site.  It's seal mate, a tool that cleans your fork seal instead of replacing it.  It works on most bikes most times.  Check out the link.

http://gl1200goldwings.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10056

[Tilar]

Interesting... I have an old Honda that I've started tinkering with and want to get it back on the road this summer. I wonder if that will take care of it or if I'll need to replace the seals. 

[Patronus]

You can also cut some old plastic packaging or similar product into a similar shape and use it as well. I've done it plenty of times, yet I would add, its best to remove the dirt seals first allowing you better access to the oil seals. Very rarely are the oil seals to blame, its mostly just some dirt shoved up into the seal... 

[1969chargerrtse]

You can also cut some old plastic packaging or similar product into a similar shape and use it as well. I've done it plenty of times, yet I would add, its best to remove the dirt seals first allowing you better access to the oil seals. Very rarely are the oil seals to blame, its mostly just some dirt shoved up into the seal... 

Yeah that goes without saying to lift the dust seal first. 

[Patronus]

The seal mate is a bit soft and folds or bends under tight tolerances.

[1969chargerrtse]

The seal mate is a bit soft and folds or bends under tight tolerances.

Worked for me.  But I only did this one bike.

[MoparMotel]

That's pretty neat, thanks for posting. Last bike I had fork seals changed on was my 2002 Honda CR250 and I wanna say it was like $150 to have it done... Nice cheap alternative here.