Yeah, my right seal is leaking too now at 75+k. Are seals considered wear items like brake pads?...or are they covered under warranty?
Thanks for the replies. I am glad I am not the ONLY one who has had issues trying to remove those damn clips! I am the type of person who would really want to not damage them/remove them and replace them with just ties. The Sealmate is in my hand now (wow it is thin/flimsy), I am not sure I can use it with the fender in the way, but I think I will try and post back....
I broke off my hose retaining clips as well. I just got mad at them and yanked 'em off. IIRC the "best" way to remove them is to (remove the wheel?), then place a socket (5mm???) over the nubs that stick through while pulling from the outside. The "better" way (my way ) is to just break them off and then drill another hole about 1/4 inch lower than the clip hole and run a cable tie through both holes and cinch it down and trim. Now you'll have a vertical band that you can easily slip a new cable tie through and around the hose (not cinched down tight) when ever you need to remove the fender. gPink's way might just be good enough, but I have two sets of wires going down each side that need to be secured as well so I like having an attach point there.
Yeah, my right seal is leaking too now at 75+k. Are seals considered wear items like brake pads?...or are they covered under warranty?
Being new to the Concours, I have no experience with this issue. Just looking at the clips on mine, it looks like a zip tie push pin anchor would work if someone doesn't want to drill holes in their fender. the ones pictured below would allow you to clip and replace the zip tie without removing the anchor
I won't know if this really worked until a real ride this weekend, but so far, it seems like it might be the real deal.
Ug. Left fork leaking on 01-12-2020. Followed same procedure as 01-20-2018 with the cleaning, then the plastic tool. Tested and it seemed OK. Then 02-16-2020, leaking again. Cleaned it again. And today it is leaking AGAIN. Ug. Going out now to clean it yet again.Might be time to polish the tubes and replace the seals. Good luck!
well, if there are no visible nicks.. polishing anything is not really gonna do anything but waste time.. just mentioning that... cleaning seals, using solvents and "seal friendly pokey scrapers" may help.. but I'm still on my OEM's from '07 issue, never dicked with them ever.. , always reconsider every time I think "I SHOULD" replace fork oil.. hell. I guess I'm just luckyAgreed. My experience from traveling to Alaska last year on the dirty, muddy, sloshy roads did my tubes in. They were scratched up and needed attention. My right seal had been seeping before the trip and I used the sealmate to remove dirt. They seemed to work for a while, but ultimately they gave out during the trip. I suspect that if you’re constantly having to use the sealmate to clean your seals, and they begin leaking again and again, the seals are done and/or the tubes need a good polish.
The SealMates are pretty good but if you want a really trick tool for cleaning dirt out of your oil seals you should try the Seal Doctor from Risk Racing. I've fixed fork seal leaks on three bikes with these now...love em. I think they are easier to use than the SealMate and do a better job.
https://riskracing.com/pages/seal-doctor
I would think that cleaning out the seals, if they are leaking from debris, should be done as soon as possible in case the debris damages the seal permanently.