The fork seals wont come out.

SF, now when you put the new seals in, don't forget you really only need one seal in each leg. While 2 seals will last longer they will also produce a lot of stiction, and our old forks already have enough of that with the damper valve setup. If you still have 2 old seals that are not too badly damaged, just cut the lip off them so it doesn't rub on the stanchion and stick them back in the top of the slider, then put the new seals on the top. Maybe replace the circlips too if they're a bit the worse for wear, up to you?
You'll probably never have to replace them again, but one seal is a lot easier to dig out than two (if you do ever need to replace them).

Ken
 
SF, if you can't recycle an old seal body, you'll probably need a spacer then so the seals can't move up and down in the top of the sliders. I don't know how important it actually is, the seals always seem to be a really tight fit, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I once had a 650 Yamaha that didn't have any circlips to hold the seals in, and on a very remote stock route in western New South Wales one of the seals actually popped right out, blowing fork oil all over me!

Ken
 
I have one of those Harbor Freight pullers, wasn't any help with the fork seals on my RGS, but worked perfectly pulling seals from a BMW R75/5. On the RGS, I ended up locking the legs in a vise and carefully deforming the seal outer edge to break them from the fork leg, then carefully prying the seals out. They were almost cemented in place. Once you get them to break their hold in one spot it gets easier to work around and get them out.
Richard
 
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