fork seals on touring bike Harley Shocks & Harley Chassis Issues Discuss fork seals on touring bike in the Harley Tech & Harley How-to forums; I keep blowing out fork seals in my lower legs and I can't understand why. The seal looks ok when I take it out. Any ideas?...

[Tharley2001]

I keep blowing out fork seals in my lower legs and I can't understand why. The seal looks ok when I take it out. Any ideas?

[JCourneyaP]

Both sides or do you keep blowing out the same side. Overfilling at all?

[Tharley2001]

Only the left side keeps blowing out.

[mediaguy]

Probably a nick in the fork tube itself. Take a nylon panty hose and wipe the fork tube down and see if it catches on anything or visually inspect it for the entire travel. Also a bent fork tube will leak. Probably not the fault of the seal itself.