Yep - PO has stuffed it up for you.panamaniac wrote: .... there was "a lot" of loctite on the bolts....
Glad you got it sorted - now, after all that are the forks OK? As in, not pitted?
Yep - PO has stuffed it up for you.panamaniac wrote: .... there was "a lot" of loctite on the bolts....
Hard to tell which part of the fork has pitting from that pic. The important part is the area where the seals travel across. If there is pitting in that area then they will more than likely start leaking again (may not be immediately, but soon).panamaniac wrote:Thank you, Nav. Got some anti seize to use!
Hillsy—Would this be considered “pitting” or are we looking good?
This is after cleaning it pretty thoroughly with contact cleaner and 0000 steel wool.
Sounds like you are OK in the pitting not being in the seal area.panamaniac wrote:Good question. I put the inner forks inside the stantions all the way down, and would say that to the extent there is any putting it’s ABOVE that part (and thus shouldn’t interfere with the seals) so I think I’m looking good!
One more question—do any of you clean out the inside of the stantion before reassembly? Given that we had to drill out the old bolts, I ran a bunch of water thru mine and let them air dry, but am concerned there’s probably still some shmutz in there. I guess as long as it stays in the bottom of the stantion it should be fine tho?