Aftermarket fork seals - 1150RT

[waynerd]

Hello All,

 

In my search for instructions on fork seal replacement, I was surprised (and somewhat pleased) to discover aftermarket fork seal kits - about 1/4 the cost of the BMW seals. Does anyone have any experience with, or advice regarding, any of these non-BMW seal kits? Not much of a deal if I'm swapping them every couple of years.

 

Thanks much.

[szurszewski]

I've used both the aftermarket (moose?) ones and the BMW ones. They feel the same in hand and I've had no problems with the aftermarket ones.

[waynerd]

Thanks szurszewski. Yes, I've found and Moose Racing, All Balls Racing, and Pyramid Parts brands. Obviously these are a common size used in a lot of fork designs. I appreciate the feedback. I'll give 'em a go.

[PAS]

[waynerd]

Thanks PAS. I did see the Chris Harris video - only got a little sea-sick from the camera action . I may go the full removal route just to get a good flush of the forks. As I've said before, I'm not working for shop rate. And, even though the past few weeks have offered incredible riding weather, I know that winter will return to the Denver area one of these days, and there will be some downtime for wrenching. Thanks again.

[Selden]

My 1999 RT, purchased in February 2008 @ ~65,000, developed a fairly severe fork seal leak within 500 miles of purchase. I removed the tubes, cleaned them thoroughly, then cleaned the seals with 91% isopropynol. Flushed the sliders, and refilled with a 90/10 mix of 10 wt fork oil and Gunk Transeal. Approaching 125,000 miles, absolutely no sign of leakage.