Remove and rebuild the forks from my 1982 Honda GL1100 Goldwing. We will dis assemble, clean and replace the fork seals. A little how to on the forks and what all the parts do when they are working correctly.
Brilliant! Thank you. Excellent instructive video. Without you guys sharing your knowledge so generously like this, it would be an uphill battle to keep these fantastic machines on the road.
Success!!! Fork seals are replaced, no more leaks. Thanks for the video, used a 1 ½” pvc pipe to set the seals. No “tappy tap tap for me. Lol thanks again, extremely useful info. 👍
Thanks for taking the time for these wonderful videos. They tell mw what to expect, how to do it, what to watch out for. One nit: A motorcycle has ONE fork, with TWO fork tubes. Calling each tube a "fork" is annoying to me, but these days I am in a minority. Even Rider Magazine, Road Runner Magazine, and other notable experts publications, use the plural term "forks" to describe the front suspension. Oh well.
Thank you for sharing. Just had an accident with my 83 GL1100 and I need to replace the fork tubes so this video is going to be great help in my motorcycle recovery, and my medical recovery three stitches in my nose
Love your vid's, I was given, and brought home an '82 GL1100 yesterday. The video's, will be extremely helpful in my endevour's, to bring it back to all it's glory. The Goldwing has been my dream bike, since having my first bike around 40 years ago. Wish I could copy & paste an image of it here, but youtube does not allow that.
I’ve been rebuilding a 1981 GL1100 that had been abused and left to rot outside for 5yrs in a Canadian climate. I managed to disassemble one fork just like your video (thanks for that 👍) but on the worst fork I had a bit of a fight, the washer next to the seal had mushroomed out. A little heat and sweat and time, I got it out but in the process of removing the fork the larger bushing came off the fork and lodged itself in the seal. Got it loose but it reseated itself in the process. Now what?? Any help would be appreciated. Your video was spot on…gave me the courage to try, just gotta figure out the bushing removal.
Back in the day.... Honda made a special tool that you pressurized the fork in order to remove the fork seals and that blasted cupped washer. I have not had any success using that tool. Just be careful when pulling them apart. Thank you for watching.
For my 82 gl1100 Aspencade, my manual shows a back up plate ring, in between the snap ring and fork seal, I know the fork seals were last done in 97 lol, I did not see the back up plate in there, I also didn't see you use it, do I need it? Also do you know if I still use the small spring if I switch to the progressive springs? Thank you in advance
The more modern seals usually do not use the back up ring on top of the fork seals for this bike. As far as the fork spring it should list in the directions if they use the smaller springs or not. Thank you for watching.
I'm doing this job in a week. I'm going to try and keep the full faring on and the upper tubes on the bike. I know it will be pain but maybe less pain than removing the front, no?
If it is the factory fairing you can leave it in place. Just reach in from the top and bottom to get at the clams and the steering weight. Do one side at a time to keep things where they belong. Thank you for watching.
I know this is an old video, but maybe you'll see this. When you're tapping on the bushings, what're you trying to accomplish? I'm having a devil of a time getting my seals back in and I'm wondering if i need to tap the bushings down.
Перья можно не вынимать из траверс. Снимаете стопорное кольцо над сальником и откручиваете нижний болт. Стакан вилки просто снимается вниз. И нет необходимости трогать пружины.
@@RaymoreRepair Update: Had to buy this tool to release it. In order not to damage the edges of the fork slide, I installed the old dust cover and worked the tool on top of it. It came off easily. The tool: a.co/d/hVKJFnL
Not sure why people in the comments are applauding you. Maybe they’re just being nice. For the reassembly, why couldn’t you have shown the camera first which parts you were installing? That way we the viewer could see the direction and order of the parts. Instead you have a half ass view of the fork where you quickly throw the parts down.
Great video! I like that you don’t switch camera angles a lot. Where would I get new or aftermarket fork tubes? Mine are pitted and chrome is bubbling. I have a 1981 GL1100. Same issue on my 1986 Shadow 500. It took some digging but I think this is the tube for the 500. Any aftermarkets? Thanks. 51410-mf5-003
