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madmini660
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What are people doing to keep pressure off fork seals in travel cant use fork savers with ski on
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Snowbike fork seal question
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I do nothing on my dirtbike all year long. Throw it in the back of the truck and strap it down without a fork saver. I can honestly say I have only ever had a blown fork seal one time in all my riding years....I do run my suspension pretty stiff if that matters. So when I trailer my new snowbike I am not going to worry about it at all. Just my 2 cents
Tie down via foot pegs... . I have had the opposite experience but we have a lot of alt and temp changes when driving... Or us pressure release valves.. I tie down the Snowbike the same way but point it the other direction. ...
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Think about how a fork works? tying it down tight does not increase any chance of seal damage, fact
the resistance you feel is spring pressure not oil pressure, oil only moves from one side of piston to the other, take the springs out and the forks will collapse, oil does not hold bike up
if you have blown seals that you think are related to cinching it down then 1. you had scratched or dinged forks in the area where the seal stopped, 2. you had dry dirt packed around seals or dust seal 3. you have your wheel or forks installed wrong!
the resistance you feel is spring pressure not oil pressure, oil only moves from one side of piston to the other, take the springs out and the forks will collapse, oil does not hold bike up
if you have blown seals that you think are related to cinching it down then 1. you had scratched or dinged forks in the area where the seal stopped, 2. you had dry dirt packed around seals or dust seal 3. you have your wheel or forks installed wrong!
