Motorcycle Fork Seal Grease

The riding feeling and durability are two decisive factors when designing seals for front forks in motorcycles and bicycles.

Motorcycle fork seal grease. We recommend that the grease is spread evenly on the underside of. Really does the trick in reducing stiction. Dave demonstrates how to fix this if you discover the problem after removing the.

For motorcycles the seals come in pairs. Di-electric grease does not conduct electricity. I am rebuilding the forks on my 2001 Honda GL1800 next month as well as installing a Race.

The grease intercepts dirt that gets past the dust seal and helps prevent it from invading the oil seal itself. So thats it folks how to make your own fork seal driver for under 4. Most of the dirt that gets by the dust seals gets intercepted by the grease and my seals hold up better.

In this episode we give you an idea of whats involved in changing the fork seals on your motorcycle we used an early CBR 600F as the demonstration bike. It takes Trevor 10 minutes to replace a single fork. Finally clam shell them around your upper fork slider and secure them in place with a hose clamp.

You should service your motorcycle fork at least once in a year. It costs about 200 to rebuild your motorcycles fork. If youre concerned about extending the life of your seals a set of SealSavers might be what youre looking for -.

If your fork is leaking do not ride your motorcycle. What the tech manual will or should specify grease attracts dirt which eats seals. I assemble the seals to the fork using fork oil but before sliding the dust seals in place I run a 18 bead of Sta-Lube moly bearing grease on the tube between the two seal.