blown fork seal help

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Jun 19, 2016 | 03:48 PM

hdfatbob12

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blown fork seal help

I have a 2012 fat bob and I was out for a ride today and hit a expansion joint pretty hard. When I got home I was looking over the bike like I normally do and noticed oil all over the frame down tube, engine, my left pant leg, ect. The left fork tube had a good amount of oil on it so I'm figuring I blew a fork seal. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good suspension specialists in the Chicago area to take it to. I have issues with the stealerships around me, they don't know what they are doing. Since it has to come apart I was thinking of upgrading the springs and oil and possibly some emulators. Is working on the forks an easy thing? Or does it require special tools? Should I try tackling this myself? Thanks.

Jun 19, 2016 | 04:28 PM

joe40x

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The toughest part is getting the bottom slider bolt out. Other than that it's easy. Hell, I did it...can't be to difficult!

Jun 19, 2016 | 05:31 PM

cvaria

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joe40x

The toughest part is getting the bottom slider bolt out. Other than that it's easy. Hell, I did it...can't be to difficult!

loosen it after pulling the axle while there is pressure on the damper.

fork seal question from last week:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...ork-seals.html

Last edited by cvaria; Jun 19, 2016 at 05:34 PM.