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Author Topic: Fork Seal leak  (Read 2726 times)

Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: Fork Seal leak
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2007, 09:08:27 PM »
It depends on the shop labor rate, to remove and install the forks, you can expect a 2 hour labor rate. Here in the Phoenix area the going rate for shop labor is around $90-95 an hour. It's really not a difficult job to replace the fork seals, the last time I did it about 2 months ago, I think I had both forks done in about an hour and a half, with the forks off the bike already.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2007, 09:09:23 PM by Bob_Roller »
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Offline msbuck

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Re: Fork Seal leak
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2007, 10:41:10 PM »
http://www.nebcom.com/noemi/moto/r65faq.html#THINGS_TO_KNOW

http://suraklyn.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1182700260

If you take the forks off your bike and take them to your shop you could cut out a big portion of the labor bill.  It's not too tough a job, though, once you figure out the key differences for our R65s.  The above links should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect.
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