How to remove fork seals?

[Blown 331]

I am having some major problems removing fork seals. Any tips or a tool I need to get? The only thing I've really tried is a pry bar and a pair of pliars. It's actually on a TT500 but I'm sure it's the same as a 3-wheeler.
I removed the fork boots a dust seal, then a snap ring now I'm down to the oil seal and I can't get it out!

[Trikeaholic]

make sure the bolt is out of the bottom of the forks that holds the piston in, and once its out, just slide the tube out of the bottom. You have to pull the two apart like using a slide hammer and it will pop out. Dont jam a tool in there, you will cause a scratch and make it leak. Buy a manual!

[christrucker]

I just rebuilt the seals on my 83 250r. After I removed everything from the inside, abd took the alen bolt off the bottome all I did was pulled the inside slider up hitting the seal and kept tapping it till the seal poped out. Does that make sence? take the to halfs of the shocks and keep extending them out till it hits the seal and it will pop out. At least thats what it did for mine. The manual says to use a screw driver, but there is no way to get the two halfs apart. I think the manual was writen for an older 250r though. I'm not sure if other shocks are the same way or not. Hope this helps
-Chris-

[Blown 331]

I have the allen bolt out of the bottom and have the slider out. I can't get the seal out of the lower part of the fork though. I have a manual. It pretty much just says remove the seal, big help there. I'm thinking I'm just going to cut the seal in half with a die grinder. I have the rubber portion of the seal pretty much ripped of and it's just a metal ring pressed into the alumimum. Maybe I can the the steel part of the seal up and bend it?

[jenndnn3]

If the guts are out, then plug everything back up and blow some air in em.

[DeePa]

i used a hammer

[Blown 331]

i used a hammer

Can you elaborate on this?

[TheOlderFox]

If I am reading you correctly, you removed the top part of the tube alread and the seal stayed in the bottom half. Use a hammer and punch and tap on the seal to try and break it's seal with the tube, as long as you are planning on replacing the seal, do what you need to remove it, just be careful with the tube. You damage that and the new seal may not seal.