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Apr 7th, 2008, 11:28 AM
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| Fork Oil leak
Hi All, I have a 95 Roadking with 32K on the clock. I bought the bike a few months ago and it seems that all the major services have been done. I bought the bike as a salvage with only minor cosmetic work needed. I have develope a small leak from the left fork leg, not at the slider seal but seems to be leaking at the drain screw. The screws look brand new with new washers and I thought that maybe the screw was loose and tried to tighted it but was torqed down nice and tight. As I ride a little oil will weep out and hit my brake rotor and spray oil all over my primary cover and front fender.
Is it possible to remove and seal the screw with silicone and not drain the rest of the oil or do I have to take the front end apart and remove the top plug to refill after removing the drain plug? BTW: the fluid in the fork is clean and looks new.
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Apr 7th, 2008, 02:38 PM
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| There should be seals on each screw. Make sure they were not just replaced with regular washers. I don't recall the stock part number but a friend recently bought the chrome ones, p/n 45848-03 for his chrome sliders and cost under 5 bucks.
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Apr 7th, 2008, 02:53 PM
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| kenfused is right on the money!!!!!!!!! 
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| You can pull the old screw, block the hole with your finger and then quickly reinsert the new screw with new washer. The fluid loss should be minimal and not make much difference.
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Apr 8th, 2008, 06:55 AM
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| Fork oil leak
Thanks all for the responses. I will replace the washers next weekend.
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Apr 9th, 2008, 06:23 PM
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| fork oil leak
If you can get the front wheel off the ground so the lower legs are extended there will be no down pressure on the front end. The fluid won't be under pressure,and should only drip out slowley. this will assist in not lossing to much fluid and changing the washers. These washers are ussually made of soft metal such as brass or copper so it forms when tightend and seals might be chromed as well. Hope this helps.........ride safe.
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| check the manual, i believe there is a torque spec. you are fastening dissimilar metals and dont want to strip it!!..........
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Apr 9th, 2008, 07:23 PM
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| chucktx is right check tourqe spec on it it's more than likely in, inch. lbs.
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Apr 10th, 2008, 11:08 AM
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| been a while but is there a rubber washer that fits in there, for some reason I"m remembering one on my 97 but that's been a long time ago when I last had one apart.
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Apr 28th, 2008, 07:22 AM
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| Fork oil leak
Hi all, well, I change the drain plugs on my forks and was able to take a 60cc
syringe that they use to feed people through a tube and measure out the proper amount of fork oil and refilled the forks. The problem is now the fork oil is taking the path of least resistence and blew out the fork seals. The fork seals were weeping a little but I thought I could rebuild them and install a lowering kit after my new garage was built in a few months. I don't have the room to rebuild them in my shed, does any one know approximately what this would cost for a 95 RoadKing FLHR from the dealer?
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Apr 28th, 2008, 08:55 AM
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| Prob. Alot Cheaper To Order Your Stuff Online Or Catalog If Your Going To Do The Job Yourself. If Not I Would Go To Some Indy Shops And Do Some Match Pricing. let us know how much it's going to cost you, I know a good place to go for cheap complete front ends, pretty much all under 500 bucks. be alot easier to just change out the hole front end with shorter forks.
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Originally Posted by Devolution  Hi all, well, I change the drain plugs on my forks and was able to take a 60cc
syringe that they use to feed people through a tube and measure out the proper amount of fork oil and refilled the forks. The problem is now the fork oil is taking the path of least resistence and blew out the fork seals. The fork seals were weeping a little but I thought I could rebuild them and install a lowering kit after my new garage was built in a few months. I don't have the room to rebuild them in my shed, does any one know approximately what this would cost for a 95 RoadKing FLHR from the dealer?
Thanks, Devolution. | unless your shed is the size of a portacan, you should have plentyof room to build the forks.....i have done it on a kitchen table, with the bike in the livingroom.............
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LORD, HAVE MERCY ON AMERICA, WHILE WE ARE UNDER DISTRESS
"FLAGS AND HANDLEBARS SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND"
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." We plan to meet next week to talk about planning a strategy session to discuss the next step towards forming a consensus to start the development of the rough draft for the implementation of our intention to develop a plan. | |
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Apr 29th, 2008, 03:45 PM
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| Fork oil leak
Thanks Chuck. My sheds just slightly larger than a porta-can, I can't get the jack under the bike. My garage will be built in about 6 months, but I diffinately can't wait until then to rebuild the forks. The way it's leaking now makes for a shorts changing panick stop. The oil hits the rotor and get sprayed every where.
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Apr 29th, 2008, 06:20 PM
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| you definatly dont need oil on the brake pads......it stops the squeek but sorta screws with the stopping power!!!!!!!!!! be carefull!!!!!!!!!
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"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." We plan to meet next week to talk about planning a strategy session to discuss the next step towards forming a consensus to start the development of the rough draft for the implementation of our intention to develop a plan. | |
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