Bad seals

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » May 26th, 2009, 9:01 am

I have a 2001 500 that just started pouring oil from the seals on both fork tubes. Where is a good place to send them to have them repaired? I do not know if my local Honda dealer would work on a bike this old.

Thanks
Kent

HrcRacing · Post by **HrcRacing** » May 26th, 2009, 9:11 am

Where are you located?

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » May 26th, 2009, 9:34 am

their pretty easy if you decide to do it yourself. youll save shipping charges and labor costs, but youll have to buy the tools. next time they go bad youll only spend a few dollars for the parts because youll already have the tools. if you dont plan to keep the bike, its probly better you dont accumulate unecesarry tools you wont ever use again. just some thoughts

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » May 26th, 2009, 9:46 am

I am located in north Louisiana. I would try it myself but we already have my son's quad torn apart in the garage so it is more of a convenience thing.

Thanks for helping.
Kent

south central hoon · Post by **south central hoon** » May 26th, 2009, 12:10 pm

your honda dealer will replace your fork seals....if they won't take em to another dealer.

you really could do this work yourself in about an hour though.

HrcRacing · Post by **HrcRacing** » May 26th, 2009, 12:29 pm

I change fork seals myself but have sent them out for revalving to Pro-Action in PA.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » May 26th, 2009, 2:13 pm

couple hours might be more realistic

. but it is easy job

Post by **MojoScojo** » May 26th, 2009, 2:31 pm

http://www.bannedcr500riders.com/board/ ... .php?aid=5

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » May 26th, 2009, 2:44 pm

I use a cut peice of PVC and on older single chamber fork, can do a set of seals in roughly 15-20 minutes, including, removal, and installation of forks as well and changing and measuring out the oil, its REALLY simple on those old forks.
the thin chamber forks are a bit more work, but still pretty simple.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » May 26th, 2009, 6:21 pm

dannygraves wrote: can do a set of seals in roughly 15-20 minutes

pfffttt brit could change seals on conventional forks in 20min

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » May 26th, 2009, 8:33 pm

Post by **AlisoBob** » May 26th, 2009, 10:36 pm

Brit blew a seal once.....

Seal O-FACE!

Said it was EXTRA salty.....

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » May 27th, 2009, 8:50 am

Thanks for all of the info guys, I may have to try this myself as I just called my local Honda dealer and they want +/- $220 plus a two week wait.

Kent

ridin4fun · Post by **ridin4fun** » May 28th, 2009, 6:59 am

kw, I think I can help you out...sending a pm.

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » May 29th, 2009, 7:18 am

ridin4fun,

PM sent

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » June 9th, 2009, 9:37 pm

also not a bad idea to change the slider bushings. my bike was losing fork seals every other ride.....changed the bushings, and no problems since.

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » June 9th, 2009, 10:09 pm

NightBiker07 wrote:also not a bad idea to change the slider bushings. my bike was losing fork seals every other ride.....changed the bushings, and no problems since.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » June 9th, 2009, 10:37 pm

pstoffers wrote:
NightBiker07 wrote:also not a bad idea to change the slider bushings. my bike was losing fork seals every other ride.....changed the bushings, and no problems since.

yep, i change the bushings along with seals. if they still look brandnew, then you probly be alright leaving them in.

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » June 10th, 2009, 6:33 am

Thanks for the info about the bushings. I will be looking into the repairs next week.

Kent

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » June 23rd, 2009, 4:19 pm

100hp honda wrote:
pstoffers wrote:
NightBiker07 wrote:also not a bad idea to change the slider bushings. my bike was losing fork seals every other ride.....changed the bushings, and no problems since.

yep, i change the bushings along with seals. if they still look brandnew, then you probly be alright leaving them in.

chances are that the bushings are still original. mine "looked" fine, but all it takes as that half a mm of play to make it leak.....

Darrell262 · Post by **Darrell262** » June 24th, 2009, 6:29 am

I did my own forks on my cr 500. It wasn't that bad. After I finally figured out what I was doing. I probley could cut down the time to about 1 hour.

And 220$ is alittle much for old forks.

I bought a seal driver which might be over kill but I have it for both bikes now. That, and I bought a 14mm hex head socket to unscrew the bottom cap.

Theres a video which shows you sorta whats inside and how to do it. THey are different forks but the video really helped me do it and I am a rookie and then some on working on forks.

Link

http://www.pivotworks.com/index.cfm?fus ... &videoid=1

kw4570gov · Post by **kw4570gov** » June 24th, 2009, 5:44 pm

Thanks for the link.

Kent

honda02 · Post by **honda02** » July 25th, 2009, 6:14 pm

I personaly like this brand Synergy seals they seem to last longer than stock or those cheep brands fork seals.

Link:
http://shop.synergyseals.com/main.sc;js ... cstrfrnt01

I rather spend a little more now than changing out seals fork oil more offten due to cheep leaking seals.

Make sure done riding wipe down you'r fork tubes and get the dirt DRYED MUD that kills you seals Keep it clean when you can.

Take care of you bike it take care of you.

thestuz · Post by **thestuz** » August 3rd, 2009, 2:42 am

AlisoBob wrote:Brit blew a seal once.....

Seal O-FACE!

Said it was EXTRA salty.....

fckn lol bob, thats gold

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » August 3rd, 2009, 3:03 am

Sounds like brits in to anything.

BannedCR500Riders.com

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