If you don't want to purchase the seal bullet that he uses at 12:35, you can put a few layers of packing tape on the lip and that will make the edge less sharp. As far as driving the seal in, the bluepoof guide that he linked shows how to make a seal driver with a PVC pipe. Alternatively, I had a friend that used his old seal on top of the new one and drove it in by hitting it with a socket extension and rubber mallet. Probably the riskiest way to go but it worked for his bike

This man is a king among men.

Thanks, I'm about to reseal my Gen 1 (which already has Gold emulators and stiffer springs). BTW, near the end you suggested cleaning with brake cleaner -- I'd be sure to keep it off the dust covers.

Was really helpful, did mine today and wasn't hard at all! I didn't have the syringe but draw a line on the 120mm mark to a ziptie and measured it that way.

Big help thanks

Awesome thank you 👍🤘

Great video, will definitely help my suspension rebuild!

Cheers for making this matey

Super video, thanks.

Nice tutorial. Just bought a SV650 that is soft as hell at the front with max preload. Time to change the oil.

Great content! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Thanks dude, much appreciated

Thanks for doing this video. So helpful.

Thanks for this. The electrical tape method worked great!

20nm/14.5ftlb on the cylinder bolt

Great job thanks for this dude. Really needed this video

I just changed my fork oil. Wish I could have seen your video before doing the deed as I should’ve changed the seals. Oh well, next service interval

Thank you for taking the time to do this. I'm about to put SKF low friction seals in my Gen 3 racer and just wanted a refresher course. I pulled my old gen 2 forks apart about four years ago but I've got a good forgetter on my shoulders lol. Luckily I got put straight on using a rattle gun on the damper rod bolt last time round. I did the same as you for the tightening of, just one quick blast on the trigger and it's all done.

I lol'ed when you said "... and this is a really, really nasty fork" and "the world's most disgusting seal"
Nice vid Mr. S

Reassuring to know "we're just going for tight" on the damper rod bolt.