Fork seals wheeping

As the title says my one front fork seal is wheeping.
Just wanted to know has anyone used one of those little plastic gadgets that you push up around the seal
to try and remove the muck which is 9 times out of 10 which causes the seal to fail?
Looked on you tube and they look like a good idea.
Any surgestions would be appreciated.

I have used a feeler guage in the past, it only works as long as the seal isn't damaged or worn out though.

I got one Jer...how close are you ??? your welcome to try it, I've used it did'nt work for me but mine could have gone too far ??? like say happy if you want to borrow it, drop the dust seal then just push it up !! pm me if you want to try it....

I used the old camera negative trick and it worked for me

[quote="Dicky"]I used the old camera negative trick and it worked for me [/quote whats that then ?

thanks for the replies guys, ordered one on ebay so thanks anyway skippy.
Got your message graham, havent replaced anything yet. I just noticed a small amount of oil wheeping from one fork so hoping that this plastic device can re-seal without having to replace anything! Will let you know the outcome.

I would of posted one of these to you if you had'nt already ordered one

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Bancok chickboy wrote:

Dicky wrote:I used the old camera negative trick and it worked for me

whats that then ?

Use an old piece of 35mm camera film.the sort that used to be in with the photos when you had to go to truprint to get those bad boys developed

I had the same problem a few months back and tried the sealmate. Wasnt expecting it to work, but it DID. Great product. Not leaked since