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Wifes new bike first real look around. Ok i thought i would do the "lazy fork mod" of leaving the forks on the bike and just unscrewing the cap syringe the oil out and replace with fresh and pop a few extra washers in there. Upon starting the job i noticed one of the dust caps was a little chewed, had new seals then i thought....... how wrong was i the fork seal under the dust cap was a right mess. I removed that fork leg first, removed the top cap hooked out the spacer, washer and spring and then tipped over a tub to empty the oil, empty the oil, i said empty the oil.... no oil just a splash of water
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Good work!
At this point I'd also be looking for better springs as OEM are too soft
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if there was no oil i would be inclined to change the bushing at some point in the near future as they will be fecked.
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Next job on list should be go and find moron who drained the leaky fork or sold it knowing about it!
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