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girlie biker needs help
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:52 pm
by bikerchick
Can anyone explain, in LOTS of detail, how to go about changing the fork seals on a Yam TDR125. I've been told I 'just' need to whip the wheel out, undo a couple of nuts and bolts and hey presto. Not as easy as it seems.
I need a step by step guide.....and no, I Isn't got a hand book!
Please help..............
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:31 pm
by yelloisfriedegg
Replacing fork seals is not a job for an amatuer , even if you manage not to lose a finger re-compressing the springs (ask Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian)
) unless you do the job right the chances of the new seals splitting again very soon is quite high.
Take the bike , or remove the forks and take them to a dealer and get the job done properly.
Removing the forks is quite easy if you have a decent tookit (not the one that came with the bike) if you want to know how to do that let me know. :I can't believe it's not butter!
Re: girlie biker needs help
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:35 pm
by Gazza
bikerchick wrote:and no, I Isn't got a hand book!
Please help..............
Unless somebody just happens to have the right book and a scanner, looks like you'll have to get one. Haynes manuals are pretty basic and cheaper than the labour costs to have them fitted for you.
Alternatively talk to someone who knows how in the presence of the bike and get them to show you what to do.
Writing it all down would take far too long (for me at least).
Any volunteers to show Bikerchick how to strip down her forks?
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:52 pm
by Dickie
I think you should invest in a Haynes manual. If anyone has a go at telling you how to do it and then it goes tits-up (pardon the pun
)..........Well, you see what I'm getting at.
Failing that, you could try
http://www.Yamaha-rd.com/forum/index.php. It's really for RD owners, but they've helped me out with questions on my TZR before.
Then there's always
http://www.visordown.com. Put a post in the workshop forum.
HTH
Or just do what YIFE said while I've been messing about trying to find a TDR forum.............
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:20 pm
by Gazza
Dickie wrote:I think you should invest in a Haynes manual. If anyone has a go at telling you how to do it and then it goes tits-up (pardon the pun
)..........Well, you see what I'm getting at.
Well it certainly wouldn't be a balls up anyway!
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:22 pm
by Gazza
.......Or a cock up!
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:24 pm
by Gazza
A wee jester with a hammer might just sort it out........... :I can't believe it's not butter!
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:28 pm
by Dickie
Might 'make a cnut of it' though.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:11 pm
by Gazza
How about using a ring spanner then?
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:14 pm
by Gazza
Or even a box spanner.......There's not much between the two. Just half and inch or so.........
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:50 pm
by rustik
take it to breaking point... for all the time it'll take it will almost be the same price as buying a manual.... or the amount of time you will have to log on to the net to get everyone's responses.....
could always use a nut splitter if you get stuck..... ouch!
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:08 pm
by Backs 400
I'd go along with Rustik...Cost me £45 to get the seals done on the ZXR, and being USD forks its a bit more of a bugger to do them. I think my mate was charged about £30 for his Trophy 900 ones.
Thats suppying and fitting by the way.
They also did Renthal Sprokets and gold X-ring DID chain for me at £89 fitted.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:14 pm
by Gazza
Rustik wrote:responses.....
could always use a nut splitter if you get stuck..... ouch!
I'd rather have a grease nipple
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:40 pm
by Gazza