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Got around to opening the forks this morning. The fluid was pretty clean. I was surprised. The springs were in backwards. At least according to the service manual. The tighter coil was down where logic and the service manual say it should be up. That very well could cause the forks to be soft when they should be firm. Plus the new springs are 318 mm free length. The Service Manual says 354 to 347 spring free length. The ones mounted upside down are 354. So at this point I'm tempted to just put the old springs in right and see if the change is good.
The OIL was so clean that I think the PO had the springs changed not long before he sold me the bike. This way I could send the race tech springs back or put the money toward rear sets. It looks like pulling the damper without the Yamaha 95 $US "Special tool" has the potential to hit PITA levels I don't really want to go to. I have a leaking seal or bushing on the clutch side fork.
It might be smarter of me to just take the fork, the new seals and bushings down to the shop and pay some dude with the correct tool to do it for me. Maybe if I go early in the morning nobody will see me.
You may want to try this tool first, Sealmate:
http://sealmate.net/
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlzfoVroSY"]Seal Mate the Tool that Fixes Leaking Fork Seals - YouTube[/ame]
From what I've read, its succesfull the majority of the time.
35mm film, trimmed correctly, will work too...