Fork Seals - Help Required Please

I have a second gen 2001 model Bandit 1200S and have replaced the fork seals
but still have a slight leak.

On following the Clymer manual it states that the seal open end should face
upwards. I have interpreted this to mean the side with the spring faces up
towards the handlebars. The problem is the Haynes manual shows picture and
the seal appears to be a different way up in different pictures! I have
installed the seals a different way up than the old ones so I am not
confident that I have got it right.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

 

Mark says...

I think you got it wrong. I've never seen a fork seal fitted that way
up before.

 

Just curious, but why would you install a seal in a different way to the
original seals and the Haynes manual? I take it the Clymer manual
doesn't have pictures to guide you?

In short the side with the springs should be inside the tube.

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Yeh, I'd tend to agree with that. Springy side in is the only way I've
ever fitted seals, apart from one seal that had a spring on both sides.
In that case, I fitted the smaller diameter double lipped part of the
seal facing oil side.

 

Many bikes have the spring side of the seal on the top.
Unfortunately a Bandit doesn't have upside-down forks.

 

Many Binned-its spend much of their existence upside down - or at
least, attempting to be.

 

Wrong. Very, very wrong.

 

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Thanks to all...............I guess it's another couple of hours stripping
and rebuilding for me then. I will attempt to reuse the seals but I bet a
third attempt wont be far behind!

Mark

 

Don't.