35 years of owning and working on my bikes. Still have to check 😂cheers 👍

Yes!! Thank you. Perfect explanation. Everyone always says the spring goes down but the seals have TWO springs! Great drawing too.

@highlandcycles

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Hey, just wanted to say thank you for helping me solve this mystery once and for all! I will never be confused again, trying to figure out which way is up.

Great video, first time doing maintenance on my electrical unicycle which has suspension with seals like this, I didn't know about the lips, installed them the wrong way, quickly found out, saw your video and fixed it 👍

@highlandcycles

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Thanks bro! That was perfect.

First time I ever did one.... yep upside down. Would have been helpful! Also, the the right tools folks!

Good stuff thanks Morgan now I know🤘

Thank you.

Great topic. I've had dealerships screw that up.

On any seal the spring on the seal lip faces the fluid. Que?

Can't wait for the 6500 video

Gracias por ser tan honrado y explicar como vam los retenes un saludo crak mucha suerte 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

By any chance anyone know if ktm/ husky have a 49mm forks? If so, what models? I’m looking for those red or white rubber guide that moves up and down that shows you compression location

Is this logic applicable to a right side up conventional fork as well? I would assume so, but my seals don’t look exactly like yours unfortunately. Thank you for the explanation!

@highlandcycles

Ай бұрын

Yes

Channeling AvE, FOUCUS!

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

Hehehe. Yep

Is it the same for conventional forks? Good info. Ride safe my 2 wheel friends.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

The lips always point towards the oil

The way you explain the oil seal is a little convoluted, it would of helped seeing the last step with both seals and clip all lined up

@highlandcycles

7 ай бұрын

Sorry about that

That's one weird looking C-Ring

Sorry for my appeal - seal lips may be asymetric (saw-tooth), as you explained or not. This is not the most important feature or reason. The seal, if you look forms an oil pocket (cross-section is an U-shape). This lets the oil press on the lips. In other words the pressure of the oil assists the seal-force. This is the real key for tightness in operation. The assist goes up with rising oil pressure - exactly, when needed. It is also the reason for older seals drawing air. The opposite direction, seal force is reduced when outside pressure is bigger than inside. Please dont bleed your forks when you sit on the bike or fork is otherwise not extended. You just suck in air at next extension, maybe acompanied by dirt.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

I know but the shape is the easiest way for people to tell which way they go in.

Question: My friend’s Sherco KYB forks came with a 2 part dust seal. An outer normal looking one and then a small ring that was in that. We’re putting new SKF dual compound seals in, should be reuse that inner dust seal ring?

@highlandcycles

7 ай бұрын

I think that’s a spacer for the circlip so maybe. I’d put the seal in and see if the seal is right at the groove. If there is a gap, I’d put it in.

@lostinpa-dadenduro7555

7 ай бұрын

@@highlandcycles Ok, it turns it goes in the new dust seal and it fit correctly. Apparently its official name is split ring wiper. It drops inside the inner groove of the dust seal. So from bottom up it’s dust seal - split ring wiper - metal spring retainer - oil seal -- all the other stuff. 😀🇺🇸👍

@highlandcycles

7 ай бұрын

@@lostinpa-dadenduro7555 cool

Up or down is that for upside-down forks or old style, no clearer on which way they go

@highlandcycles

9 ай бұрын

Yeah. This video didn’t turn out like I wanted. I am not good at explaining this. To me it’s so blatantly obvious how they go. When my kids were 3 they understood

Awesome! Silly question: if I'm doing a fork service but the seals aren't leaking, I should replace them anyways? Or would you reuse them? I'm guessing I should tear the forks down all the way to clean the bushings and valves and such too? Thanks.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

If you are servicing forks, just replace. Not worth maybe having to do them again

@Danman1972

Жыл бұрын

@@highlandcycles Also, pretty likely to mess them up getting them loose.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

@@Danman1972 yep

@NorthWestMotos

Жыл бұрын

@@highlandcycles Glad I already bought them. Thanks!

Maybe that explanation will end the talk about tieing down a bike while hauling will blow the seals. Those are the same style of seal used in hydraulic cylinders at 3000psi on heavy equipment and they don't leak until wornout.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I have no idea why people think tying a bike down will “blow” a seal

@gungadingo

Жыл бұрын

@@highlandcycles it might “sack” the springs to some degree, if compressed for a n extended period of time.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

@@gungadingo yes. That is the biggest worry. But even a couple days won’t hurt. But people who store them like that can hurt the springs

Say bruh, whose pleasure are those gloves ribbed for?

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@bdc454

Жыл бұрын

FOCUS !!! 😂 great video brother

Well that was about as incomplete as you can get.

@highlandcycles

Жыл бұрын

Huh, just a vid to show how they go on, not how to do the job

This did NOT do it! A recommendation: if you're gonna explain somehting like this, then show a fork tube with lowers on it so that viewers actually understand what you and others truly mean when you say UP or FACING UP. Just put a dang tube attached its lower fork cover on your bench and that truly will show what is meant by UP, etc. Thanks

@highlandcycles

10 ай бұрын

Sorry. Guess I thought the audience was smarter.

@aorakiboydog

9 ай бұрын

Now I’m more confused , not all forks go the same way. It would be way more easier to say witch side goes toward the fluid/ oil.

@houndsmanone4563

9 ай бұрын

Yep. @@aorakiboydog