pretty sure it was from motorworks. About 250 quid
Take it that’s for the pair ? Pattern stanchions at £125 each ?pretty sure it was from motorworks. About 250 quid
It might be worth checking the alignment and parallelism of the two fork legs to each other.
It's very easy on the telelever front end to tighten and torque everything up with the legs slightly out of alignment.
You need to sight across the front edges of the fork stanchions above the lower yoke and try to verify both front edges are totally parallel.
This problem is caused by the fact the top yoke and handlebars can rotate totally independently of the forks and are only used to pass on steering actions to the forks through rubber Metallastic bushes.
All rigidity is provided by the clamp screws in bottom yoke, the clamp screws in the bottom of fork legs and the wheel spindle.
To demonstrate this, if you loosen all the above fasteners then try turning handlbars back and forward while gripping wheel between legs
With these fasteners loose it's surprisingly difficult to tighten them up without things twisting slightly so it has to be done carefully while constantly checking alignment sighting.
I tend to do the above until it's all nipped-up then slacken and torque each screw ONE at a time so aligment maintained
Cheers.............................Grizzly
Yeah......makes sense but everything does look ok and I had no issues with getting the stanchion back through the top yoke after changing the seal. You mention the bushes though......could a worn bush cause the seal problem ???
No, the Metallastis bushes are just the rubber bonded bushes in the top yoke that the studs on top of the stanchions fix through.
Cheers...................Grizzly
Changed the seal following all the good advice on here.......but after about 500 miles I noticed a misting again. Left it through the summer but now pondering on my next move. So that’s the seal replaced twice in last 8k miles and still a small leak is there. When I had the slider out there was no obvious pitting or scratching......any advice ?
I have the same issue on mine, not that it helps in any way
Just learnt to live with it and make sure to give it a wipe with a rag before the MOT.
Have u tried doing anything at all......or just left it cos it’s no real bother ? Mine ain’t bad enough to feel I HAVE to tackle it..... have done the same as you for the last two MOT’s......just wiped it away and it’s got through fine. Would definitely prefer to sort it though.....might try a double lipped seal before ‘forking’ out for a new stanchion.
Even changed the stanchions out but could never fix the issue. Might try Grizzly's idea above next...
did you bleed the air from the stanchion after fitting? It worked with mine.
You say the seals are from MW?
I've had the same problem on my 1200...with seals from MW ie. Pattern parts.
After reading a post in the 1200 section of someone else having the same problems (as me and perhaps you). Others reported the same and it was cured by purchasing OEM seals from BMW - which are in fact about the same price as MW items.
So I have done just this. Now waiting for a moment when I can get out there and for them.
Oh, the 'Bush' in the top yoke that the stanchions tips pass through are in fact spherical bearings - not just rubber encased bushes.
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Interesting.......let me know how you go with the OE seals. Maybe someone can suggest where to get these OE seals for the 1150GS.......just looked and most places seem to just go with pattern items....would dealers still be able to get hold of them ?