K5 Rear shock leaking

[GEORGE]

I have a rear shock leaking on my K5. (70.000 km on the clock)
Sent them both for rebuild.
After 2 weeks guy told me that he can't find seals cause the GSX 1400 shocks are made in CHINA!
Is that true.??

[seth]

Its possible they are made there but could be made anywhere .
One of our Scandinavian members has full stripped and rebuilt a pair of shock and got replacement seals no problem.
If I can find the thread I'll add here but it might have been on an old version of the org.
Saying they can't get seals sounds a bit of a copout to me and they don't want to do the job as other have got them in the past .

[Will14]

I used to work for a hydraulic repair business & often took in hydraulic cylinders to repair, the business detailed below make seals to pattern

Send them your old seals on Monday and you will have a new identical set by the end of the week plus old seals come back also if requested and they were cheap but good quality, a set of seals from CAT £150+ FPE Seals £30 inc postage - you never know could be worth a try if you get no joy elsewhere

https://www.fpeseals.com/

[SFC1000]

A quick search found this article with KYB fitments to other bikes that are the same as the 1400 and an All Balls seal head.
https://www.gazzz-garage.com/2016/07/12/zephyr-kayaba-rear-shocks-repairrepack-part-2/

Search found this.
https://www.allballsracing.com/seal-head/37-1012.html


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shock-Absorber-Repair-Kit-JMP-For-Kayaba-36-12-5-For-Suzuki-GSX-1400-U1-2002-/114578286925
Out of stock I see, contact them and see if they are restocking.

[GEORGE]

The original shocks are SHOWA or KAYABA?

[SFC1000]

Kayaba aka KYB.

[VladTepes]

I had my shocks rebuilt locally a few years ago and that guy obviously had no issues finding seals, so they must be available.

[GSXKING]

He's in Greece Vlad 

[SFC1000]

He doesn't look at details like that, after all he just bought an invisible sculpture in the name of art. 

[VladTepes]

He's in Greece Vlad 

yeah mate I know but my point is that they ARE available so can be sourced somewhere. I'm not implying the are available in Hellas.

[grog]

Mine were re built, didnt hear anything about hard to find seals.

[GEORGE]

Unfortunately I'm still waiting ..
does anyone know the dimensions of the oil seal??

[GEORGE]

Finally i got mt shocks!
I went a big ride and so far so good.
No leaks, shocks work very well.
It cost me 200 €. (180+20 shipping)
The guy gave me  1 year warranty.
I would like to thank you guys for your posts.

[GSXKING]

Excellent result @GEORGE