Question for an HD Tech
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Question for an HD Tech
I just finished up my winter upgrades and one was to lower the forks, and install chrome sliders. Rather than assemble them myself my dealer offered to assemble the forks for $44 which to me is a bargain. Keep in mind I had the bike on a jack the whole time. I picked up the forks and laid them on the back seat of the truck and had no leakage at all of fork oil at all. I spent the weekend assembling the bike and while it was slow it was fun and except for putting a light scratch in the clear on the front fender it went off well. I got all done about half time last night and set the bike on the ground staightened up the garage and went inside. Tonight I went out and put up some tools and re-arranged the shop to get my truck in. I noticed some fluid on the floor and at first crapped my drawers thinking I had a brake fluid leak on my rims but it was actually coming down the fork from the bell. So after this novel the question is, if they were over filled could it be the excess fluid forced its way past the seal? They were lowered 1 inch so would that mean less fluid? And I tied some shop rags around the forks to catch whatever may leak tonight but is a tear down in order or have any of you seen this before?
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I'm assuming that you put the top bolts with the thick washer on after you slid the forks up into the trees and tightened down per the manual???
Since you haven't ridden the bike the forks would not have been compressed to force oil out of the seal(s), if in fact the dealer put seals on.....
Since you say the oil is coming from the top, the only exit points are the two I mentioned above.
Good luck and advise us of the outcome.
Since you haven't ridden the bike the forks would not have been compressed to force oil out of the seal(s), if in fact the dealer put seals on.....
Since you say the oil is coming from the top, the only exit points are the two I mentioned above.
Good luck and advise us of the outcome.
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If you are talking about the thick black rubber ones yes and torqued appropriately. I will double check it tomorrow, I thinks at the seal on top of the slider. An HD tech assembled them I just slid them it and bolted them up. It was actually just the roght one and the seals were for sure in there.
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