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Ongoing Fork Issues 04'
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<blockquote data-quote="codetrap" data-source="post: 1456947" data-attributes="member: 27304"><p>The Backstory.. about 6 years ago I hit a 4x4 post that fell off the back of a truck in front of me on the highway.. didn't have a chance to react but I got lucky, I guess. Almost bucked me off and it dented the rim pretty good. Rim is dealt with. Since then, I've had fork leaking issues.. first time was a gusher, new seals and new brakes. Second time wasn't quite a gusher and I caught it before it contaminated the brakes. Third set of seals ran okay for a season and all seemed well.. but for the past 3 years it's been slowly oozing fork oil. Sealmate helps.. but I've had to take to keeping a cloth on me because they ooze every ride. I'm now at the point where I'm pretty sure they're low on oil and I need to address this permanently. As an aside.. the bike won't track straight with no hands. It always seems to tilt to the right a very very little bit. Otherwise, she rides fine. </p><p></p><p>So, would replacing the inner tubes help with this? I was thinking springs too since I'm in the 200lb+ range.. anything else I should be looking at ordering before I tear these things apart and giv'er? Tubes, springs, seals,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codetrap, post: 1456947, member: 27304"] The Backstory.. about 6 years ago I hit a 4x4 post that fell off the back of a truck in front of me on the highway.. didn't have a chance to react but I got lucky, I guess. Almost bucked me off and it dented the rim pretty good. Rim is dealt with. Since then, I've had fork leaking issues.. first time was a gusher, new seals and new brakes. Second time wasn't quite a gusher and I caught it before it contaminated the brakes. Third set of seals ran okay for a season and all seemed well.. but for the past 3 years it's been slowly oozing fork oil. Sealmate helps.. but I've had to take to keeping a cloth on me because they ooze every ride. I'm now at the point where I'm pretty sure they're low on oil and I need to address this permanently. As an aside.. the bike won't track straight with no hands. It always seems to tilt to the right a very very little bit. Otherwise, she rides fine. So, would replacing the inner tubes help with this? I was thinking springs too since I'm in the 200lb+ range.. anything else I should be looking at ordering before I tear these things apart and giv'er? Tubes, springs, seals, [/QUOTE]
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