Chuck Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I was showing Tim the difference between Ohlins and the Zook suspension at the Ohio rally. Traded bikes and went for a ride down a really rough road. When we came back, the Mighty Scura had a fork seal leaking. No good deed shall go unpunished.. At any rate, she's over due for seals, but I thought I'd see if I could get it to stop until after riding season is over. So. Get the dust cover out of the way. You don't want to push the dirt that will be on it up under the seal. 2016-09-15_10-59-01 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Cut a piece of 35mm film about like this. 2016-09-15_10-59-23 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr The idea being to slide it up into the seal and with a counter clockwise motion drag out dirt, or as I suspect in this case a seal lip that has turned under. It's old. Go all the way around and out after a complete revolution. Pump the forks several times and wipe off the residual oil. There *will* be some. Go for a ride. 2016-09-15_10-59-46 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr Looks ok for now. I'll service them when the snow is flying. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoguzzi Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Nice pics! I have a stash but for the young folks (if there are any here) where do you find 35mm film.. or from the kids here, "what's film?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 That looks pretty good , did you come up with this idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 That looks pretty good , did you come up with this idea ? Nope, I'd heard of it but never tried it. There are commercial "Seal Savers" that do the same thing, but they cost money. (Guzzi content) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 What is this "35mm film" you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobleswood Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Chuck, I appreciated you letting me ride the Scura to get to feel what the Ohlins do for the suspension. It was an eye opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyNZ Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 If you don't have 35mm film handy, I've heard of someone making a seal scraper cut from a plastic water bottle. Or you could buy one of these: http://sealmate.net/ or http://www.riskracing.com/pages/Seal_Doctor_Page.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cash1000 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Marty any idea where you can get these in NZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyNZ Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Um, no, but I can give you some 35mm film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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