I recently picked up my first R bike, a 1975 R60/6, and am getting it road worthy. It's been sitting for a year, and needs a good bit of basic maintenance.
I cut away the dry-rotted fork boots, and found that that both of the fork seals are bad. The oil had come up out of the right side fork into the boot, and congealed into a glue-like mess. The left side just has a cracked seal. The boots had split, so there was water pooled in the boots.
Are the fork seals easily replaced by a person with average mechanical skills? Both of the manuals I have only have instructions for complete fork disassembly. Are the seals just a matter of removing the wheel, dropping the lower legs off, pulling and replacing the seals and refitting the lower legs? Or would I be opening a whole can of worms by pulling the lower legs?
Much thanks for the advice.
-Rich