Jeez.. two and a half years since I was last on here?

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Falcomille · #1 Post by **Falcomille** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:08 pm

Time flies.. how y'all doing?
Bike has been laid up, but now I am going to get her back on the road. However.. my front right fork has been leaking oil and the seals need replacing. But, this being remote and rural southern France, bike repair shops are few and far between.
I have seen a video about how you should go about replacing seals on USD forks, but they were not Showas.
Has anyone here actually done this? Can you share any experience, give me hints or tips? Special spring compressing tools - that sort of thing. Any help welcomed.

A bientot..

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:53 pm

Dirty stopout !!

Falcomille · #3 Post by **Falcomille** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:30 pm

Samray wrote:Dirty stopout !!

Yep - you are right Samray.
Interesting day today. My neighbour (whose name is Rene and is a retired helicopter engineer) came round and we attacked the Falco's fork seal problem. He has made a spring compressor so tomorrow we shall be renewing the seals.
Be glad to get the bike on the road again.. it's been too long.

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:27 pm

It's a bit after the Lord Mayer's Show, but here's a guide to stripping and rebuilding Falco Showa forks.

http://home.comcast.net/~sl_mille/springs.html

Good to see you on the forum again

Falcomille · #5 Post by **Falcomille** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:38 pm

D-Rider wrote:It's a bit after the Lord Mayer's Show, but here's a guide to stripping and rebuilding Falco Showa forks.

http://home.comcast.net/~sl_mille/springs.html

Good to see you on the forum again

Cheers D-R, however, I found quite an informative video on YouLube, some Canook dude stripping his Kwak forks. Using that as a template, my neighbour knocked up a fork compressor jig and an oil-seal drift. The job itself was surpisingly easy, once you knew what was what. Forks now back on the bike and should finish the job over the weekend. Quite pleasing really. Bike should be back in service next week

Falcomille · #6 Post by **Falcomille** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:39 pm

Just need Nooj and his Shinybike kit down here now..

#7 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:08 pm

Hello there, matey. Was wondering what you were up to. I just returned from France today, although in the van, not on the bike. How's things in your part of the world? Certainly the weather there is a LOT better than it is here...