"this is an older bike, that dont need too much ".....   Ha, its outlasted most of us, keep it goin!

Thanks for your video.  note:  light heat to outside of fork housing with a butane torch "unglues" the seal from the fork tubes and expands the aluminum a little making removal of seals a bit easier.

Old school Yamaha this video helped with my 79 YZ80 same fork set up thank you

Thanks. Good tips. First time I’ve heard mention of matching the oil levels in forks as critical. Obvious when you hear it.

Outstanding, the first vid I found that didn't show you needing to remove a snap ring before you separate the tubes first. I've been at my forks for hours trying to get a snap ring out....but I couldn't see a start or end of one from the top. This saved me, cheers

Consider dressing the chrome sliders with super fine wet/dry sandpaper (where they contact the seals)

I took a grinder to the end of a pry bar and shaped it to the size of the inside of the fork tube. Pops the seal out perfectly without scratching the tube.  Good video easy to understand.

Great video man. Thanks for making it. It helped me do my 2 CT1's.

Perfect! Rebuilding the forks on my ‘71 Kawi F8 and they’re very similar. Thanks!

Very helpful. I learned more than one thing (bonus!) during viewing. Nice narration, too.

Thanks for the help, I own that exact bike, mine was a 1975 175

Well done! Great Job!!

I’ve just found your channel. I see that it’s been a very long time since the last upload. I hope you’re doing well

Cheers for the info, these look fairly simple to do,

Great help thanks

Good job .

Thanks for the explanation. I had a Yamaha just like this one, same color and everything. Stolen from me in Walla Walla, Washington, with Alaska license plates. Now I have a 1982 Yamaha XT200 (12,000 miles) with the same forks. I'm replacing the seals.

Great video guys, Helped me a lot,

Hi guys I have a YZ80S.
My shocks are the same as you by the sounds of it & after seeing your reply's below I used a tapered bar of alloy & it held it in place through the top to allow me to loosen it.



I have removed the center section now, BUT the shock long tube does not come out & appears to be still stuck on the bottom.

Did you have trouble with rust build up stopping the tube from coming out completely

Tricky

Just one nit-pick
that is 99% not a phillips head but a JIS and if you use a Phillips and it's stuck you WILL damage it, for lose screws phillips will work, but for tough ones, do use the board equipment or other JIS bits.

He explained that perfectly!