What's funny is that it seems to be the right side fork that starts leaking. I had a dealer ship do my forks. Have to have special tools to put forks back together.

I had nothing to do with that little piece of tape but will take the credit to geting my ass whooped at the track and geting Randy there for his first time last fall

Keith, weird the right side seems to be the one...

Rafter, has your seal leaked since?

Mark, it sux very much but what r you gonna do? Quite the coincidence though...

Tyler, I give credit where it is deserved!!!

Gismo, I talked to the dealer yesterday and the mechanic looked at me funny when I told him I was goona do the forks with out the "special tools". I asked how much $$$ if I brought the forks in and I supplied the parts and oil...Labor only he said gonna be $150 for both. I didn't think twice... tole him, DO IT!

No-One, Yes....gots to have the right tools!!!

A couple of the parts (seals) are back-ordered 3-5 weeks.....

Took both forks apart cleaned the crud out of them repalaced the oil no new parts and no more problems.

I just purchased a 09 max a few weeks ago and after a couple of rides noticed the left fork seal was leaking badly. The bike had only 2500 miles so I was not a happy camper. It was leaking so bad it was running down the lower fork tube. After the initial fury wore off I thought I would try the seal saver...a very thin plastic tool used for cleaning out the seals on my dirt bikes forks...it is called a seal saver made by motionpro.com. I am happy to report that after a spirited ride today...lots of heavy braking and accelerating ....not a drop. So now I can begin my mods So before you guys start tearing apart your forks....give this thing a try...it cost about five bucks and worked on my dirt bikes 90%of the time.

Good for you, but you really should check the Oil Level in the Fork Legs and equal them out.

According to the Shop Manual, it should be at 104 mm with the Spring removed and the Fork Leg completely collapsed.

maxbusa wrote:
What the heck, I just ordered a Seal Mate since most of my parts are back ordered anyway. It is worth a shot...thanks MaxBusa

How to use Seal Mate tool

How to use the Seal Mate Tool.
Thanks Mike (MaxBusa)!
Now you got it to quit leaking, and now the rain has moved in!

Yeah thats it...seal mate. I dont know why I was calling it seal saver. I did get to ride before the rain moved in. Got the bar end mirrors on and picking up my stock bar ends tommarrow from your machinist friend...thanks TnVmax!

Squeeze wrote: Great idea Squeeze...will do. It did lose a good bit of fork oil.