Marzocchi Seals, how do i remove?

I7 Extreme

Hello, i've disassembled my Marzocchi bomber z1 wedge forks and taken off the lowers and cant get off/dont know how to take off the seals. i've seen one video where someone put a spanner in and poped them off but they were different forks, i've given it a bit of a go but it didnt work. Can someone give me some advice?
(i want to take off the seals because i'm going to attempt to vinyl wrap the lowers 8)

bennett_346

Put a tyre lever inside and underneath them and lever it out. If you use a plastic tyre lever it should prevent it from being damaged, though if you're taking it out you may as well buy a new seal since i'm guessing that one is many years old?

I7 Extreme

yea, i think it is many years old, i've just broke a flatheaded screwdriver trying to get it out. It has moved a millimeter so i think they will come off with a lot of force. What seals should i get? dust or oil or both?
thanks for the help

bennett_346

Just the dust seal, unless the oil seal is damaged and has been leaking. I find dust seals tend to go brittle after a few years and reduce the smoothness of the fork.

I7 Extreme

if there was an oil leak would the oil leak around the dust seal? if its not there where would it be? (just to make sure that i didn't have an oil leak without realizing)
Thankyou for the advice i'l buy a new dust seal :-)

bennett_346

You would of seen oil on the stanchions, you would know if it had leaked oil.

cobba

Marzocchi Seals, how do i remove?

Look at some old Marzocchi Service Manuals and see how it's done.

http://my-sport.spb.ru/manual_1/index-16.htm

I7 Extreme

does anyone have any tips for getting off stiff seals?
there's dirt down the side of the seals and once i move a bit up 3mm or so and take out the tool the seal returns to its original position. I cant take the whole seal of in one go because the tool would just bend too much (its a ParkTools thing). I'm going to try and get some dirt out the side and look for some stronger tools, but if anyone has a tip or some easy trick i'd love to hear it. thanks

I7 Extreme

i got it off in the end with some huge tool which made it easy

I7 Extreme

i think i'l buy two of these, http://activesport.co.uk/shop/article_5 ... ml?pse=coa (looks like an oil seal in picture but there also selling an oil seal on the website so i think they just used any pic)

cooldad

I would buy nothing off Mark Anthony/Activesport. Do a forum search and see why.

cooldad

In fact I'll do it for you

cooldad wrote:

Be wary of Activesport/Mark Anthony bikes.
Do a forum search, or read

nicklouse wrote:

have fun.

the search function can be very useful

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ctivesport

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ctivesport

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ctivesport

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ctivesport

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ctivesport

And
viewtopic.php?f=10002&t=12735376&hilit=activesports

I7 Extreme

Thank you for doing it for me, you probably saved me £7. After reading all the reviews they probably wouldn't have had it in stock. i didn't search the forums for the website because according to Google shopping they have 36 reviews and a 5* rating. Just before i order some i better make sure that the seals i need are the same size of the sanctions, right?, thanks again for the links

cooldad

It is rumoured that they write their own reviews.
Obviously just a rumour.

I7 Extreme

I couldn't find anywhere selling the 30mm seals on there own, there were just dust and oil kits, but even then they were too expensive. Not with much choice I Ignored the advice and bought them, making sure I had screen shots and didn't delete any emails. The first email it said it should take 48 hours to dispatch and 3-5 working days to arrive however some things need to be ordered in which can take 7-10 days. It has been 16 days and they have arrived and they are the right size. I've had no issues with the company but I didn't contact them, that seems to be the issue with their service. I wouldn't recommend them though because of all the bad reviews but they may be okay if you've got time, not much money and only buy nothing over £20.