Originally Posted by
Draconius
Damn that sucks. Almost like someone overfilled the forks and the pressure caused the seal to pop up a mm or 2 causing the oil gush.
Yeah. I pushed up the dust cover, and used a piece of 35mm film to dislodge any crud that might have gotten caught between the seal and surface. I then used a stiff plastic coated business card to push down on the seal.
It still leaked, but not as bad. Nothing I can do but replace em. I thought of saving myself some labor by pulling off the forks myself and bringing just the forks to the shop, but purchasing a stand, torque wrench, and other tools cost more than the two hours of labor I would save.
Shop said the part is on backorder, they're trying to get it somewhere else. I thought I would have my bike back for the weekend, but I'll most likely get it back sometime during next week.