How do you change a fork seal on a 250 honda rebel?

Question

I'm not sure if its all the same for all bikes or not.

Answer 1

-"Loosen" the bolt at the top of the forks before removing them.
-Side stand down. Put a jack under the frame at the R front to lift the front wheel off the ground.
-Remove the F fender, brakes & wheel.
-Loosen the top & bottem pinch bolts on the steering stem.
-Remove the forks.
-With a screw driver and hammer, tap the dust seal off.
-Remove the snap ring (circlip).
-Remove the allen head bolt at the bottem of the forks. Very important - don't use an allen wrench. Use an allen "socket" (it's an allen bit on a 3/8 drive socket). Put the allen socket in the bolt and slam it a few times with a metal hammer to shock it loose. Then remove it with a hand held impact wrench.
-Drian the oil out of the hole you just removed the bolt from.
-Hold the lower fork leg with one hand and pull the fork tube out with the other. The seal is in tight, so you have to keep yanking them apart. Push the tube in an yank apart untill the seal is hit. In - OUT - in - OUT - in - OUT. Get a freind to help pull them apart. Remove the seal.
-Put the tube back in the fork leg and tighten the bolt at the bottem.
-Slide the new seal on the tube and install with a fork seal driver.
-Install the circlip and dust seal.
-Remove the top bolt and put in the correct amount of oil.
Picture - http://www.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/OEM-Parts.asp
Tool - http://www.motionpro.com/index.php

An additional note - After you remove the allen head bolt, remove the top bolt and fork spring. Take note as to the direction the spring goes. Some bikes have 2 springs. Others have a spring with tightly wound coils and wider spaced coils. With the spring removed, it's easier to compress the fork and yank it out with greater force.

Answer 2

As the other guy said remove the old one and put the new one in if you want a nut and bolt sequence guide go buy a manual and do what it tells you to do I have not got the time to go through the procedure for you step by step sorry if I had it would cost about £25 per hour so then next stop bike shop,purchase new seal maintenance manual then get on with the job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

take the old one out and put the new one in