Front shock bed seal?

[Don Eilenberger]

Hi Greg,

It's not a shock - you have a telelever front end and that is simply a 
fork tube and slider (aka fork-leg) with a bit of oil in it to lubricate 
it as it moves. The shock is between the two fork legs and does the 
damping and springing work - the fork-leg has nothing but air and a bit 
of oil in it.

That does look like a decent leak. There are tricks that you can use 
sometimes to save replacing the seal (involving a piece of 35mm film 
stock, or a specially made plastic piece that slides between the seal 
and the fork tube and clean out anything that might be caught in the 
seal.)  Sometimes the seal does need replacing - and it isn't a huge job 
- but if you've never done one (I'm guessing) you might want to take it 
to Mike and have him do it.

I wouldn't worry about riding it over to Mike - you won't damage 
anything - just clean off the oil, and if you really want to keep oil 
from blowing back on your leg, tie an old rag around the top of the fork 
slider (the bottom part) so it catches the oil.

HTH,

Don

On 6/5/2021 9:49 PM, Greg Berger wrote:
> I noticed my front left shock on my 2004 1150 RT is leaking something.  maybe a blown seal in the shock absorber.  if anybody has any ideas please let me know thank you
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>> On Jun 5, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Don Eilenberger <deilenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> https://rollingphysicsproblem.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/relativistic-rubber-band/
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>>  From my friend Greg - more musings on a Zero..
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>> Don Eilenberger
>> deilenberger at gmail.com
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