• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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09 Te 510 Fork Seal

85KTM500

85KTM500

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi guys, recently I had noticed that on my brake side of my 2009 te 510 I had a bunch of fork oil that was on the ground in my garage, so naturally I took it to my local trusted shop and had the guy change the seal. Later that day after a good ride and wash I noticed that oil had seeped out again and was on the ground, so being the good guy my mechanic is he replaced it. Then again after I rode it I've noticed oil under the fork again. I don't know what to do now. I'm installing everything back to normal and torquing the bolts to spec, should I be opening the bleeder valves at the end of each ride even though I got 2000 miles out of the stock seals? Any comments or info would help, thanks.
 
Not over filling the forks?
Check for a grove or deep scratch in the fork leg
try non OEM seals-there are newish ones that 2 or 3 lips that are better at maintaining seal integrity
 
ghte said:
Not over filling the forks?
Check for a grove or deep scratch in the fork leg
try non OEM seals-there are newish ones that 2 or 3 lips that are better at maintaining seal integrity
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- I don't think the forks are getting overfilled, I gave him the specs on how much oil should be used, but I shouldn't count any possibility out. And I've gone over the forks and can't seem to find any type of scratch. I been considering more and more just taking on the process myself. I appreciate your comment and I'll definitely go over it some more again, thanks.
 
If you log onto rocky mountain ATV they have training vids o nheaps of bike maintenance stuff including sinlge chamber forks like yours. I watched this years ago and did my own-piece of cake. This includes replacing seals and fluids.
 
ghte said:
If you log onto rocky mountain ATV they have training vids o nheaps of bike maintenance stuff including sinlge chamber forks like yours. I watched this years ago and did my own-piece of cake. This includes replacing seals and fluids.
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I'll definitely take a look into them, thanks for your help.
 
I think that a lot of tuners are using SKF seals and wipers .The stock ones were black in color and I think they were NOK seals and wipers. I have a set of the blue ones which were installed by the tuner that did my suspension a few years ago. Some people swear by the fork seal savers that you install over the fork legs, they keep a lot of the dirt from getting to the wiper seals (which have to be cleaned once in a while) .
 
not to completely question the mechanic- but maybe he installed the seal wrong or backwards.... consistently
or as suggested- a nick or bur on the fork leg.

something isn't "right"- even if you install 'the best' seals wrong they will leak.
 
Is there any chance he didnt change them at all?

If so I had lots of problems getting those forks to stop weeping. Might have to put more tension on the inner seal spring for it to stop.
 
I think I'm gonna have to pull apart the fork and just check the seals for myself. They seem to only be minimally dribbling down the fork tube, so they could possibly just not be in place.
 
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