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Fluid near caliper on Fork
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<blockquote data-quote="2strokesteve89" data-source="post: 211180" data-attributes="member: 1670"><p>You can clean your fork seals, I call this procedure de boogering, most of the time when a seal leaks it is simply because a piece of dirt or debri can get caught between or behind the seal and the tube....you will need to remove your fork gaurds, use a flat blade screw driver to pry the wiper seal away from the fork tube and slide it down the fork, you now can access the fork seal, now get a plastic soda bottle and cut out a piece about the shape of your finger, this is the tool I use. Next insert the tool between the seal and tube and kind of twist the tool slightly as you move it around the tube, this allows small amounts of fork fluid to go by seal and carry some of the dirt or debris that is causing the seal to leak, sometimes I will shoot some WD-40 up and around the seal while doing this. Sometimes you can see the dirt passing thru the seal, sometimes not, either way make a few passes all the way around the tube then clean tube with a rag, clean the wiper seal then re installi, and you are good to go. I ride in lots of muddy conditions so I may do this a few times a year, but it's an easy fix.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2strokesteve89, post: 211180, member: 1670"] You can clean your fork seals, I call this procedure de boogering, most of the time when a seal leaks it is simply because a piece of dirt or debri can get caught between or behind the seal and the tube....you will need to remove your fork gaurds, use a flat blade screw driver to pry the wiper seal away from the fork tube and slide it down the fork, you now can access the fork seal, now get a plastic soda bottle and cut out a piece about the shape of your finger, this is the tool I use. Next insert the tool between the seal and tube and kind of twist the tool slightly as you move it around the tube, this allows small amounts of fork fluid to go by seal and carry some of the dirt or debris that is causing the seal to leak, sometimes I will shoot some WD-40 up and around the seal while doing this. Sometimes you can see the dirt passing thru the seal, sometimes not, either way make a few passes all the way around the tube then clean tube with a rag, clean the wiper seal then re installi, and you are good to go. I ride in lots of muddy conditions so I may do this a few times a year, but it's an easy fix. [/QUOTE]
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