Re: My Buddie's POW/MIA K-3, and How to do fork seals, and duel disc breaks.

Posted by TOOLS1 on Aug 27, 2011; 5:13am
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Lets see. Where did I leave off? Oh yea the speedometer drive. Now lets replace the seals on the forks, and get them ready.


First drain the fork oil/ATF by removing this little bolt, and pumping the fork. You do not have to pump hard. Just move it an inch, or, so several times. Until the oil stops spurting out. Then remove the 6mm allen head bolt at the bottom of the fork leg. An impact really helps.


Now slide the tube out of the slider, and this is what, you should have. Remove the snap-ring. To remove the seal, heat up the slider around the top where the seal is. I use a heat gun, but hot water, or a torch does the job also. Then just pry it out with a sturdy screw driver. The seal should go flying across the room, so be careful.


Now clean the slider, and put a thin layer of silicone sealer on the slider where the seal goes in.


Now start the seal in. Then shove it down the rest of the way using a large socket. It's OK if, you go too deep. It does not have to be against the snap-ring. Now reassemble the fork by reversing the order. And put 5.5oz ATF in each fork.
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