Cleaning out forks

I am in the middle of replacing my fork seals, my question is what is the best way to clean out the inside of the forks? Can I use brake cleaner or will this potentially damage the new seals? I've seen suggestions to use kerosene as well. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

jrider33 wrote: I am in the middle of replacing my fork seals, my question is what is the best way to clean out the inside of the forks? Can I use brake cleaner or will this potentially damage the new seals? I've seen suggestions to use kerosene as well. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Mineral spirits or kerosene are safe to use but be sure it's all removed before installing the fork oil. A flush with ATF after the solvent might be worth the effort since any remnants won't hurt anything.

If you are replacing the fork seals won't you be taking to forks apart? If so, cleaning the innards should be easy to do just using clean fork oil. Ed

Yes the forks are currently disassembled now just wanted to clean them out a little better before assembly. Think I'll use Kerosine and flush it out with ATF then assemble and add fork oil. Or is that kinda overboard?

Clean with mineral spirits, then let dry. During assembly use vaseline on seals and orings.