Fork dust seals

[Laj-Rai]

Hey guys
I did a full strip and service of my forks as it's nearly 20k mileage.
Oil seal was a real pain to replace and dust seal just feels impossible to get back in. As you get 1 side in and other just either dont or flips back out.
Even with the fork seal driver used oil as lube to and still no luck.
Any1 on here experienced this?

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[JamieMac]

Hi,it’s probably because the fork legs are so cold with the January weather. Keep the dust seal away whilst you heat the fork tube with a hair dryer. Ie keep the seal cold, warm the gold tube. Should go straight in. J

 

[oldwobbler]

Or stick the seal in the freezer - that's what I need to do with my mtb.

 

[r25sti]

just a case of getting it just at the right angle and whack it.