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Stig / Major Tom

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Re: Leaking fork seals?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2020, 05:43:52 PM »
That is bonehead simple!
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Re: Leaking fork seals?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2020, 12:04:56 PM »
If a little grit is truly your problem, this might work. More often, the seal is damaged the wiper is missing, and it just needs new seals. On my Honda Reflex, they were about $10 and took less than couple hours to take off, rebuild, and reinstall.
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Re: Leaking fork seals?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2020, 03:39:20 PM »
"and took less than couple hours to take off, rebuild, and reinstall."
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There's the rub.😊

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