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Anyone near Moses Lake, Wa willing to teach me how to rebuild the forks???

Started by olddog1946, Wed 01, Aug 2012, 11:56:06

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olddog1946

I've had my fork seals, dust shields and sliders replaced 3 times in the last year..and I've currently got puddles under each fork...SO, I have ordered new parts and some progressive springs and wonder if I might get some experienced Valker to instruct/help with a reuild of my front end????
I'm sick and tired of paying someone to F it up.
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US AIR FORCE E7, Retired 1965-1988
01 Valk Std.
02 BMW k1200LTE
65 Chevelle coupe, 1986 Mazda RX-7 with 350/5spd, 1983 Mazda RX-7 with FOMOCO 302/AOD project, 95 Mustang GT Convertible 5.0, 5 spd
Moses Lake, Wa.   509-760-6382 if you need help

Farther

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olddog1946

Quote from: Farther on Wed 01, Aug 2012, 12:13:00
I would think that Roger of R&M Works could fix you up although he runs a business.  http://www.rmworksinc.com/index.html

I talked to Roger before the last repair, He has never done a front end rebuild and he's busy, busy, busy keeping his dragster going. I'm am sure he'd help but don't want to drag him off his own project.
VRCC # 32473
US AIR FORCE E7, Retired 1965-1988
01 Valk Std.
02 BMW k1200LTE
65 Chevelle coupe, 1986 Mazda RX-7 with 350/5spd, 1983 Mazda RX-7 with FOMOCO 302/AOD project, 95 Mustang GT Convertible 5.0, 5 spd
Moses Lake, Wa.   509-760-6382 if you need help

gordonv

Do your forks need rebuilding, or are they just leaking?

Just leaking, then try the film trick. If you have already rebuilt them 3x, then maybe it's the dust (guessing) around Moses Lake.
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olddog1946

Quote from: PSUbag on Thu 02, Aug 2012, 22:28:45
Do NOT get aftermarket seals. Get Honda seals. Don't ask... :tickedoff:

I think that might be my problem, I've gotten the seals off ebay before, though I can't remember if they were Honda seals or not. Anyway, I've been wanting to upgrade to the progressives, so I ordered all the wearable parts from Honda and just went with progressive springs off ebay.
VRCC # 32473
US AIR FORCE E7, Retired 1965-1988
01 Valk Std.
02 BMW k1200LTE
65 Chevelle coupe, 1986 Mazda RX-7 with 350/5spd, 1983 Mazda RX-7 with FOMOCO 302/AOD project, 95 Mustang GT Convertible 5.0, 5 spd
Moses Lake, Wa.   509-760-6382 if you need help