Front Fork Oil Seal - Clean

Warning - General - Stabilise Motorcycle

warning
Make sure the motorcycle is stabilised and adequately supported.A correctly supported motorcycle will help prevent it from falling.An unstable motorcycle may fall, causing injury to the operator or damage to the motorcycle.
  1. Clean the area around the dust seal then carefully detach the dust seal from the fork outer tube.
  2. Wipe away any visible dirt or water from the oil seal.
    3. note
    T3880215 - Fork Seal Cleaner, 35-45 mm forks has two cleaning hooks. The one with the OIL SEAL text is for the oil seal, the other cleaning hook is for the dust seal.When cleaning the oil seal with service tool T3880215 it is possible that a small amount of fork oil may seep out.
  3. Clean service tool T3880215
  4. Fit service tool T3880215 to the fork inner tube. Make sure that the cleaning hook, with the text OIL SEAL below it, is pointing towards the oil seal.
    5. Oil seal clean tool ckpd

    1. Cleaning hook

    2. OIL SEAL text

    3. Oil seal location

  5. Slide the cleaning hook carefully under the seal lip. Rotate service tool T3880215 360° in the direction shown then remove the cleaning hook from the oil seal.
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    Direction of Rotation

  6. Slide service tool T3880215 down to use the other cleaning hook to clean the dust seal. Rotate service tool T3880215 360° in the direction shown then remove the cleaning hook from the dust seal.
    7. Dust seal clean ckpd_1

    Direction of Rotation

    1. Dust seal

    2. Cleaning hook

  7. With hand pressure only, press the dust seal into position in the outer tube.