Posted by L.A.B. on 5/26/2009, 8:34 pm, in reply to "Re: T140D Fork Seals"
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<<The washer used to "interfere " too much making removal a real pain.>>
On the other hand, there's no actual need to remove the "Leakproof" seal retainer washers to change Leakproof seals?
As the soft, pliable Leakproof seal be extracted quite easily by hooking it out through the hole in the retainer washer and a new seal pushed in by hand the same way, making a Leakproof seal change a two minute job,-once the stanchion has been removed.
The Leakproof (or "self-aligning",) seals were introduced on the '78 models and then supplied as a retro-fit kit for all earlier model OIF forks.
One important point about Leakproof seals is that they must have room to float below the retainers, so for ('78/'79) sliders that have no circlip groove, the retainers are only fitted far enough into the slider that the upper face of the washer is level with the top of the slider, for sliders with a circlip groove ('80-on) the washers are set just below the circlip groove.
The retainer washer must not be tapped down hard against the Leakproof seal as the seal must be free to move about slightly.
If the Leakproofs and retainers are fitted correctly, then they should work fine, and I use them. Owners can of course use normal rigid seals instead of the Leakproofs and retainers.
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