Those forks look pretty bad. You could pop-off the rubber dust cover's to see if there's any sludge (dirt/oil) at the seals.
There isn't much travel. I had forks so pitted that changing the seals didn't help. Some Kid admired the low drag bike look. B-550 On 02/07/12, Javier Garcia wrote: With respect to the rusty forks, I think what really matters is if there is rust in the part of the tube that travels inside the fork. I cannot tell from the picture if there is actually rust in that part. If they are clean enough there, then no damage will be done to the seals. Can you feel if there is any oil left in the tubes after they travel in? I would also recommend to replace them eventually, anyways. Javier. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Kevin Green <[email protected]> wrote: Slide came out of the carb tonight. Still took some careful gentle prying to get it to break loose, but much less effort than I was trying initially with no success. Passages are looking pretty clear but I'll give it another day before I start drying it out. Next thing I started into this morning before work was opening up the forks to drain the old oil out. Think I should rebuild them? For that matter there is rust on the inner sleeve which seems like it would wreck the seals even if they are still in decent shape now. I've posted a couple photos below. My only idea is maybe to try to use Naval Jelly to convert the rust then sand, and even polish them so they are smooth... Am I thinking along the right lines here? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
