A leaking fork seal on a Yamaha V-Star 1100 Classic Testament dilute the effectiveness of the fork's facility to act to changes in the plan surface. Additionally, the front brake can be adversely affected provided the leaking fork fluid finds its street to the brake rotor or pads. Although a hardly any specialized tools are required to modify the motorcycle's fork seals, most V-Star owners should be able to abundant the craft.
Instructions
Removing the Front Fork
1. Put the V-Star on a sturdy motorcycle stand to hoist it at least 2 inches off the ground.
Seat the fork seal into the top of the lower fork leg with a seal Chauffeur. The seal must be seated below the retaining clip's groove in the lower fork leg.14. Snap the fork seal's retaining clip into community, then slide the rubber boot down the fork tube and press it into district over the lower fork leg by share.
3. Loosen the pinch bolt on the backside of the equitable fork leg with a socket wrench and a 12 mm socket. Unscrew the front axle from the good fork leg with a 22 mm socket, then pull the axle gone of the fork and front turn. Roll the shove outside from your motorcycle.
4. Unscrew the bolts attaching the front fender to the lower fork legs with a socket wrench and a 10 mm socket. Pull the fender elsewhere from the front fork.
5. Loosen the upper and lower triple clamp pinch bolts with a socket wrench and a 12 mm socket. Pull the fork legs, one at a bout, away of the triple clamps.
Fork Seal Replacement
6. Abode the fork leg in a vice for assist, then unscrew the cap from the top of the fork leg with a socket wrench and a 22 mm socket. Pull the spacer and spring away of the top of the fork by plam.
7. Remove the fork leg from your vice. Dominance the fork leg upside down over a remove pan until the fork fluid is completely drained. Convert the fork leg into your vice.
8. Pull the rubber boot off of the top of the lower fork leg by participation to disclose the fork seal and its retaining clip. Slide the rubber boot off of the upper fork tube.
9. Pry the fork seal's retaining phone away of the groove reduce into the top of the lower fork leg with a Apartment lodgings screwdriver.
10. Slide a Yamaha damper rod holder belongings finished the fork tube and into the lower fork leg. Using the part, ownership the fork's damper rod regular while unscrewing the Allen bolt from the backside of the lower fork leg with a 6 mm Allen wrench. Remove the damper rod holder and the damper rod from the fork tube.
11. Push the fork tube into the lower fork leg, then pull it elsewhere forcefully to unseat the fork seal and for nothing the fork tube from the lower fork leg. Slide the fork seal off of the top of the fork tube.
12. Install the damper rod into the lower fork leg. Tighten the Allen bolt on the backside of the lower fork leg with a 6 mm Allen wrench.
13. Coat the dissimilar fork seal with Disinfected 10W fork fluid, then slide it down the fork tube. Slip the fork tube into the top of the lower fork leg.2. Unscrew the front brake caliper mounting bolts with a socket wrench and a 14 mm socket. Lift the calipers off the front shove brake rotors and hang them from the handlebars with a bungee cord.
15. Fill the fork leg with a half quart of 10W fork fluid. Slowly pump the fork tube to remove air bubbles suspended in the fork fluid. Slip the fork's spring and spacer into the top of the fork tube. Screw the cap into city with a socket wrench and a 22 mm socket.
16. Clean the fork tube with a shop towel to remove residual fork fluid. Transform the remaining fork leg's seal, adjacent the disposal described. Reinstall the fork legs onto your V-Star.
