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Post  Kaupy1962 Tue 07 Jan 2014, 11:22 pm

Pulled the forks apart on Saturday coz the left seal was leaking only to find that there was rust on the spring and spacer, and the oil had water in it. Anyone else have this problem? I'm almost certain that it was caused by the previous owner using a pressure washer to clean the bike.
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Post  gus Wed 08 Jan 2014, 4:47 am

Or he put it together wet after on f\oil change .Even then I would have thought the oil environment would have prevented rust . Right amount of oil come out ?
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Post  paul Wed 08 Jan 2014, 8:52 am

It does seem very odd   Question
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Post  Hammy Wed 08 Jan 2014, 9:13 am

Could even have been that he used a compressor to blow out the cleaning liquid and the compressor blew water in. Does happen.  Do not think a pressure cleaner would get past the dust seals and the fork seals.
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Post  Kaupy1962 Wed 08 Jan 2014, 10:55 pm

gus wrote:Or he put it together wet after on f\oil change .Even then I would have thought the oil environment would have prevented rust . Right amount of oil come out ?

A bit more than was supposed to be in there but that's probably because of the water.
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Post  gazzar Sat 11 Jan 2014, 10:58 pm

Whilst on the topic of forks, what is this ss-08 oil that the manual refers to, is it a 10w or what, just changing their oils this week. Just like to be sure.................. Front Forks Tnc7S8dYtXvLfU9PptkGbPDoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=
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Post  Kaupy1962 Mon 13 Jan 2014, 11:34 pm

Dunno. I put 15w in mine
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Post  gazzar Tue 14 Jan 2014, 7:07 am

Well how's that make it feel? smooth or what?.................... Front Forks Tnc7S8dYtXvLfU9PptkGbPDoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=
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Post  Kaupy1962 Tue 14 Jan 2014, 11:12 pm

About the same as standard
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Post  gazzar Tue 14 Jan 2014, 11:25 pm

Gone 15w me self, thanks.................. Front Forks 3Vdd98uue9NxzoG4QkMDlW4+MgAAAOw==
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