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Front Fork Oil Seal – Clean
Make sure the motorcycle is stabilised and adequately supported.
A correctly supported motorcycle will help prevent it from falling.
An unstable motorcycle may fall, causing injury to the operator or damage to the
motorcycle.
1. Clean the area around the dust seal then carefully detach the dust seal from the fork
outer tube.
2. Wipe away any visible dirt or water from the oil seal.
T3880216 - Fork Seal Cleaner, 45-55 mm forks has two cleaning hooks. The one with
the OIL SEAL text is for the oil seal, the other cleaning hook is for the dust seal.
When cleaning the oil seal with service tool T3880216 it is possible that a small
amount of fork oil may seep out.
3. Clean service tool T3880216.
4. Fit service tool T3880216 to the fork inner tube. Make sure that the cleaning hook,
with the text OIL SEAL below it, is pointing towards the oil seal.
1. Cleaning hook
2. OIL SEAL text
3. Oil seal location