[Silly Little Cars] Fork Seals
Steve
sclark1 at flash.net
Tue Jun 26 14:54:39 PDT 2012
Good to know.
While my mechanic had the front end up and was changing the front wheel/tire
with the new I just bought, he noticed that there was a lot of oil and dirt
above the seals on the fork and speculated that the seals were probably
blown as there is little damping when you bounce the front manually. It
pogos a bit since it is just the springs absorbing the shock. I figured
since the vehicle was probably used pretty hard by the former municipal
owner, it is probably a good idea just to go ahead and put on new seals.
The cost per seal kit from MME is about $43 + shipping. Seemed a little
high (but what GO-4 parts aren't!!)
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Mike Wyatt
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Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Fork Seals
My local person, Diane @ White Bear 425-251-5738 said most bearing suppliers
can cross reference the seals--if you get them the number. If thefront rides
hard (like mine is) it may just need oil--#46 hydraulic oil--it's not
leaking.
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Nice ride! Do you know where it came from? I've only seen that paint job in
San Francisco, but I'm guessing its some sort of stock pattern. Here's my
girlfriend's, for example:
http://sillylittlecars.com/?p=126
And attachments work fine on the list by the way.
For my stereo, I put an amp (not a head unit) behind the panel on the
"passenger" side that's just in front of the rear wheel. But alas I think
that area might be full of AC components for you. But you could always put
it in the trunk? Then I routed the audio cable with the 1/8" headphone jack
and a power switch up to the dash. I put two 6" speakers under the seat,
facing my feet, and in the center I put a 10" subwoofer. Sounds
ridiculously good.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Steve <sclark1 at flash.net> wrote:
> I received an email from MME, Robert Cross, about the same time you sent
> your email Mike. I was able to order two seal kit, so problem solved
> (until the next one comes up). Thanks to everyone who responded to my
> original inquiry. ****
>
> ** **
>
> I don?t know if this will distribute, but I attached a picture of my
> little buggy. Just got new rims and wider tires on back, and had the
> windows tinted (gotta have it for the murderous south Texas sun and to
help
> the little GO-4 ac unit along!). Also had the exhaust from a Honda RC 51
> put on to replace the rusted stock exhaust can . . . has a nice throaty
hum
> now. Next project is the radio. There is just no place to put one. It?s
> blue tooth enabled with a built in microphone so it has to either go on
the
> dash or the small space on the right hand side next to the seat. The roof
> just seems too flimsy for a mount there.****
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> Steve****
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> This is the parts man at mme and they are rebuilding their inventory as
> the factory has been closed for 18 months. rcross at
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> Wow.
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> I'd try support at source-mme.com <sales at source-mme.com>, webmaster@, etc.,
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> > You can get the rebuild kit from The Supplier in Sacramento...I forget
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> > Has anyone re-built their GO-4 front shocks? Mine are probably blown as
> > there is a lot of old oil and gunk at the top of the struts. Just
> > wondering where to get the seal kit for the oil struts.
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> your best bet is to take them to a good custom bike shop and hope they
> can buy the seals after measuring them, they were custom built for
> westward by Showa (spelling bad)
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> > Has anyone re-built their GO-4 front shocks? Mine are probably blown as
> > there is a lot of old oil and gunk at the top of the struts. Just
> > wondering where to get the seal kit for the oil struts.
> >
> >
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> Thanks for that little tidbit. I figured it was not going to be easy to
> get
> these parts since the front fork is more motorcycle rather than Hyundai /
> Kia. Emailed Showa just for the hell of it. Don't really expect an
answer
> though.
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> your best bet is to take them to a good custom bike shop and hope they can
> buy the seals after measuring them, they were custom built for westward by
> Showa (spelling bad)
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> > Has anyone re-built their GO-4 front shocks? Mine are probably blown as
> > there is a lot of old oil and gunk at the top of the struts. Just
> > wondering where to get the seal kit for the oil struts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
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