Would you believe it, I dropped my bike into a main dealer to have the fork seals changed, mot and a pair of tyres fitted, this was 2 weeks ago..
Due to holidays I picked the bike up today and just before riding away I checked the forks to find that there was oil leaking past both dust covers...
I spoke to the service chappie again and he got the guy who did the job to look at the forks, initially he thought the leakage was grease- wrong!
Wheel the bike into the workshop, wait 15mins
The next theory was that the original dust seals were reused and may have been impregnated with the original oil leakage - wrong!
Now they are assuming that the technician must have damaged the seals when fitting them and are doing the job again.
They did say when I was at the counter that there was signs of pitting but as long as the bike isn't not ridden "sports bike " fashion this pitting would not touch the seals and the technician had checked this.
It seems that despite taking the bike to a dealer I can't rely on a proper job being done, good job I didn't ride away !!
Now that's crap, it's not even a difficult job to do!
If I was to get work done on my bike the last place I'd take it to is a dealer, but even a dealer mechanic should be able to do fork seals. Anyone worth his salt usually has his own business although a lot of them are shonky too. In saying that, there are good mechanics out there but finding them is the hard part.
That's shit, what sort of dealer cant change fork seals, it's not a difficult job. I wouldn't trust them with anything more demanding.
I think that part of the issue is the seals - dealer seals are so expensive to buy that they sit on the shelves for a long time and can start to dry out - I fitted a set of O/E seals and they lasted about 6 months before they started to seep
Hell, it's a wonder they get through the warranty period.
I have been very lucky and have always had new bikes until the 1400 came along, never had to get fork seals done before
I love my 1400 so better get used to it.
I used O/E seals when I last did my forks, about five years & many miles ago. They are still fine, aftermarket ones seem crap & miss one of the sealing rings out.
I wonder if the dealer genius* fitted them upside down? as they have three lips, two for oil & one for dirt.
I'm beginning to wonder whether they did them at all, kinda strange that both new seals are leaking.
Will ask questions about what seals were actually fitted
Did the bushes and seals on emma's 1400 forks this morning along with new oil total cost was around £60 plus my time(free) .
Dealers are rip offs and you can't trust most of them .
:cheers:
Quote from: Chrisl on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 07:46 AM
I'm beginning to wonder whether they did them at all, kinda strange that both new seals are leaking.
Will ask questions about what seals were actually fitted
I have some problem with OEM seals few years ago. I change them three times by weekend :mwink: Kanerdog 1x1 have same problem too. From that time I use ONLY SKF seals (skf kitg-46k) and no more problem with leaking forks. But they are 2x more expensive than OEM seals.
Quote from: seth on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 08:59 AM
Did the bushes and seals on emma's 1400 forks this morning along with new oil total cost was around £60 plus my time(free) .
Dealers are top offs and you can't trust most of them .
:cheers:
will have to find a dealer to do mine this year :bugga:
I hear Frouds Suzuki do a very reputable job, think they're pretty close to you too . . . :stir: :happy1: :cheers:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 05:33 PM
I hear Frouds Suzuki do a very reputable job, think they're pretty close to you too . . . :stir: :happy1: :cheers:
Ruislip to Bristol......hmm I wouldn't call that pretty close Col, got to be at least couple of hundred miles....
Well he stores his stuff there, so figured he must be close - anyway, the bike could do with the run.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 07:29 PM
Well he stores his stuff there, so figured he must be close - anyway, the bike could do with the run.
12 miles to Froudy's store :)
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 06:07 PM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 05:33 PM
I hear Frouds Suzuki do a very reputable job, think they're pretty close to you too . . . :stir: :happy1: :cheers:
Ruislip to Bristol......hmm I wouldn't call that pretty close Col, got to be at least couple of hundred miles....
Mmm. 112miles only , well worth a run out !
Seriously though, if anyone is doing theirs I'd like to come over and assist so I know how to do them.
I do general stuff myself but have no experience with forks.
Quote from: Chrisl on Thursday, 25 July 2019, 03:38 PM
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 06:07 PM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 05:33 PM
I hear Frouds Suzuki do a very reputable job, think they're pretty close to you too . . . :stir: :happy1: :cheers:
Ruislip to Bristol......hmm I wouldn't call that pretty close Col, got to be at least couple of hundred miles....
Mmm. 112miles only , well worth a run out !
Seriously though, if anyone is doing theirs I'd like to come over and assist so I know how to do them.
I do general stuff myself but have no experience with forks.
Easy to do yourself, even if no experience
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=220.0