| Author | Message | ||
     Vettevmax |
I am looking to replace the fork seals and springs on my 06. After reading other posts, would like to upgrade to the 07 springs. Does anyone know the part numbers or the best place to purchase each? Doing a lot of searches and can't find the springs, and only All Balls brand of seals. | ||
| Teeps |
Springs can be ordered by your local hd dealer. | ||
| Arry |
Same with the seals, as long as your local HD dealer supports Buell. I don't think all HD dealers will order Buell parts. I don't know the part#'s. | ||
| Johnshore |
Look at this thread http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/228839.html?1158731189 It has spring rates direct from anonymous and down towards the bottom the part numbers. I did them on my bike a couple years ago and the parts were cheap. I think the dealer charged around 150 +/- to put in new seals and change the springs. I took off the forks. They work excellent. | ||
| Vettevmax |
Thanks all, I will check with my local dealer this week | ||
| Arcticktm |
Make sure to read the anony link post above for starting point on new oil height levels if you move to the '07 springs. It worked for me. For seals, I had a local BMW/KTM dealer order Moose branded seals from Parts Unlimited that fit the standard size Showa forks on the Uly. Many years later, these seals seem to be fine. You aren't limited to using HD/Buell seals unless you really want to, since these are Showa forks. | ||
| Phelan |
When ordering parts, I prefer to order bushings as well, so I don't have to wait on them if they turn out to be trashed. They're cheap enough. The 43 mm forks aren't too bad on the bushings usually during disassembly but the 41 mm forks usually tear up the bushings when getting pulled apart. | ||
| Tootal |
I thought 06/07's were 43mm and the 08-up were 47mm? With your knowledge I'm thinking typo. | ||
| Phelan |
That is correct. I was talking about XB forks in general. All SCG and 03-04 XB have the 41mm sliders I mentioned. Also worth noting that all XT had 43mm forks as well, only the 08-10 X and all 1125 got 47mm sliders. | ||
| Tootal |
Got it. When you mentioned the bushings being tore up I was thinking that was on the 47mm forks because of the offset axle putting more side force on them. Thanks for clarifying. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I never thought about it but it makes sense that would be an issue with the 47mm forks. My original 43mm fork bushings were pristine at ~40k miles when replaced the seals. I since replaced them with XT forks through a swap with Phillip Forbes. | ||
| Phelan |
The bushings usually only get really torn up because they catch and start overlapping eachother during the disassembly, using the lower as a slide hammer. The larger bushing will expand over the smaller bushing rather than transferring all that force to pushing out the seal. |
