Fork seal tool

[vf84pc]

Does anybody have experience with this tool?

http://www.motorcyclecloseouts.com/extras/motorcycle+tools/bikemaster_fork+seal+installers?utm_source=gps&utm_medium=csn&utm_term=Fork+Seal+Installers&utm_campaign=extras-motorcycle+tools&gclid=Cj0KEQjwi-moBRDL4Omf9d_LndMBEiQAQtFf83d22vY4TwG_sn51zWYSXPZwO3ujwUCJsVdo3CjQhCMaAodm8P8HAQ

[Perazzimx14]

I do not but I can tell you a piece of 1-1/2" PVC schedule 40 pipe will do the same thing for about $52 less.

[Sasquatch Jim]

  Cut the pvc tubing lengthwise and it becomes adjustable for fork diameter.

[radguzzi]

vf,
I just bought that very tool while out here on the West Coast and away from my tools, I needed to do the fork seals on the recently acquired V11 Jackal. 

What are your concerns, it is just another fork seal driver that I will add to the set when I get home... a good tool.

Best,
Rob

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

My question is how one driver can install seals from 32 mm to 47 mm? How does that work? Something like this one made by "Stockton".



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089GM3ZW/ref=pd_luc_rh_sbs_01_03_t_img_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[youcanrunnaked]

I do not but I can tell you a piece of 1-1/2" PVC schedule 40 pipe will do the same thing for about $52 less.

 :+1

see the tube at the top of the below image:


Plenty of descriptions on the internet as to how to make and use this, if it's not already self-explanatory from the picture.

[radguzzi]

My question is how one driver can install seals from 32 mm to 47 mm? How does that work? Something like this one made by "Stockton".



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089GM3ZW/ref=pd_luc_rh_sbs_01_03_t_img_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Oooops...

Charlie,
That is the one that I bought...I have only used it the one time so far and completely forgot about the "one size fits many" plastic driver thingy.   ::)

Tough to get old I have heard...  ;D

I have offered to do Normzone's fork seals on the white Bassa but he needs to hurry.

Best,
Rob

[redrider90]

I use A rubber mallet and or wood interface until I get even with the fork slider. I then take a socket invert it so the solid end faces the seal and genteelly tap it into place.
Never ruined a seal yet. But I've only done it 3 or 4 times.  ;D

[redrider]

Lube first. A paint stick and gentle taps working around the seal. No damage for 40 years.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

:+1

see the tube at the top of the below image:


Plenty of descriptions on the internet as to how to make and use this, if it's not already self-explanatory from the picture.

For WP, Ohlins and other forks of the male slider sort, PVC pipe will not work. If all you ever work on are "right side up" forks, then a section of PVC would be fine. 

[youcanrunnaked]

For WP, Ohlins and other forks of the male slider sort, PVC pipe will not work. If all you ever work on are "right side up" forks, then a section of PVC would be fine.  

I was not aware of this.  Please elaborate.  Isn't a USD fork the same as an RSU fork, only, inverted?

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

I was not aware of this.  Please elaborate.  Isn't a USD fork the same as an RSU fork, only, inverted?

RSU forks don't normally have anything at the top to "trap" a PVC driver. USD on the other hand have axle and caliper mounts at the bottom, so a solid tube driver (vs. split) would be trapped.