I made an adjustable one........I split a short piece of scaffold pole lengthways; made up some connector strips, lined the inside with some slippery material; and lined the outside with strips of self adhesive lead...... You can try it if you like..... AL
Never changed seals on my Ducati forks but have done on other (lesser) forks and managed to do it with a suitably sized socket.
Well, I've only changed 'lesser' (read small, cheap & non USD) bike fork seals. I presume then, that for USD forks you need to drive the seals into place with the tubes in the forks? With my Ducati forks I've always taken them to Ktech...
That scaffold pole tool is very state of the art . I'm at work now looking directly at a scaffold, now where's my hacksaw.
Thanks for the offer Al but seeing what you've done , I will do the same , as I said above I can borrow a 2ft length and make the PJ version , your cheque is in the post.
If you are using scaffold pole check the inside very carefully!! I obtained a bit of scaffold pole and the inside was caked in spiky anti-corrosion coating. I ended up making a rotary wire brush out of some wire wool and studding and lining it with the local newspaper
Easier to make sure it's clean when split in half.......The stuff I used to line mine is that very slippery sheet liner used for the bottom of ovens.....
Check the internal diameter against the fork diameter, of course.......mine can do 40 - 42mm diameter
Internal diameter of the 4ft length that fell into my pocket is 40mm , forks from an RS125 measure 39.84 on the verniers , but seeing as how pole will be split its going to be fine. Yes the inside surface will need smoothing , and great idea about the non stick kitchen stuff , my wife wont miss a 4in strip cut off her one she's got in bottom of oven. The RS forks are indeed usd's and are going on the front of a 1985 CR 250 to flat track it . I take it Al the lead weights were to give you more oomph when using .
It's worth mentioning that K Tech sell a variety of fork tools, although might be a tad expensive for the occasional user. K-Tech Suspension, road race and offroad motorcyle suspension
If they are Ohlins use a socket as someone mentioned. It's only showa or other forks that include a bush on the stanchion that need a seal driver as the stanchion bush has to be homed into the leg before the seal. I used the plastic pipe method for Showa seal. Cut a suitable bit of pipe into to halves, wrap it round and cable tie in place. Because it's plastic no scratching. Similar to the pic below.
Cheeky g*t:wink:.....Mine doesn't scratch either, because all the inner edges are chamfered or arrised.
Tis true I am a cheeky git but I wasn't intending you infer yours did scratch it was a generalisation.
Plastic pipe for me too! Use a similar setup ie cut in half and tie wrapped together for my ktm seals which are 43mm. I think it was plastic waste pipe, it also has a small lip/flange around 5mm down which is the perfect length for setting the seal on its seat.
