Hello to everyone,
Today I’m thinking in repairing the original rear shock absorber, after 20 o 30 years on the shelf. When it lost oil, my mechanic wasn’t able to dismount and repair, so I swapped by a NOS “original” unit from an auction site.
Well the new “original” shock resulted to be shorter than original one, but could not change it as the seller refused to return. Not a terrible problem, it worked fine, simply required more effort to lift the bike on the central stand.
I have the shop manual with all procedures to repair any part of the bike, including the rear shock, but the sad part is that today, I can’t find the oil seal. Nor I can’t find info about it, dimensions, materials, lips shape, and so on…
I found a company that sells thousands seal models, “globaloring” or something similar, but they don’t have manufacturers or model references, only diameters, height, material, lips and so on.
Does any of you have such dimensions info, or know how to get them?
I do not want to dismount it, afraid from damaging the existing one and getting unable to keep it mounted to preserve the shock complete until I have the replacement part.
I know there are new shocks, as YSS, even better than original, but I’d like to preserve the bike as original as possible, as far as possible.
Thanks in advance and congratularions for the forum, your bikes, and your expertise repairing those jewels.
Ricardo
Best regards from Spain