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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Fork Seals: OE vs Aftermarket
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[QUOTE="David Trustrum, post: 44365, member: 21529"] Ever replaced the fork seals & found they don't last long? On older forks the plating wears & gets quite shiny, it's like the seals don't ‘run in’ like this. Some plating is worse than others (old yamahas are bad offenders). What I do in this case is use some medium fine sand-paper (don’t go crazy I mean like say 400 grit) rotated up one direction & then the other to produce a crosshatch sort of honed pattern. Seems to work well. Sound rough?? (Cue beration from the purists). Apparently it is common practice servicing hydraulic rams etc. Seems to work fine. Side note: Replating forks? Seems the Japs are quite cunning platers, if you strip the old plating off the base is not always very smooth. They use a filler of some sort or machine between plates, but replating isn’t always that good. Anyway my KDX is now dripping so it's going to get a new pair. Old owner had just changed them.. Yeah right... [/QUOTE]
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