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Fork seals - Why do they leak?
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[QUOTE="motometal, post: 1226366, member: 24727"] First off, great right up. Regarding cleaning the seals, I have used a thin feeler gage to clean out the seal, at an angle pulling the debris out, not pushing it in. Did not cut the seal, and mission accomplished. Keeping the lower fork legs clean is critical...especially with mud. If you ride a short time then go home and wash, no big deal although I do like to wipe down the lowers, to avoid water spots. The worst epidemic of leaky seals i've seen was one of the years at Dirt Week...might have been the first year at Stillwater...anyway it was muddy early in the week, and of course a multi day event...a day or two after the first day of muddy riding, there were entire camps full of bikes with leaky seals...because this mud dried on the lowers then got pulled right up and in the next day when going over the first few bumps. [/QUOTE]
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