rust and corrosion

[Keen]

Hi,

I've noticed a few tiny rust spots appearing on the forks and obviously I'm not amused! can someone please advise me on the best way to treat this and stop it getting worse?

My downpipes are also starting to corrode and look a bit tatty, what do you guys do to keep yours looking sharp?

cheers,
james
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[finpos]

You can also use a huge comedy tub of generic petrollium jelly (Vaseline), which works brilliantly and is much cheaper then bike shop stuff. That's if you can overcome the embarassment at the counter in Boots .

Before applying any such greasy gloop, treat the rust spots with some of the chemical rust remover and neutraliser stuff you can buy in halfords for treating car bodies. It's useless for cars, but actually works really well on minor blemishes on chromed steel or stainless steel.

The downpipes, unfortunately, are doomed. If they are painted, slap BBQ paint on them and hope for the best.

finpos.

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[rickyfazer]

Rub the rust spots out by lightly using a nylon pan scourer (wife never need know)
Then either vaseline and/or fork gators if you're not image conscious. Are these rust spots within the travel area of the oil seals? If they are and you allow the rust to actually pit the chrome,then the abbrassive pits will knacker your fork seals.
Tend to it quickly and effectively,ignore at your peril!
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[Keen]

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Surely WD40 isn't good to be spraying onto your fork stanchions though If it doesn't mess up the oil seals then it's going to contaminate the fork oil.

Maybe you just meant for other metal parts, but you worded it around the forks so it was a little confusing.

If the rust spots are passing through the seals then it's only a matter of time before it starts chewing them up. You could always put a zip tie on the stanchions to see how much the forks travel under normal use so then you'll know for sure.

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[KatOwner]

If WD40 destroys rubber.... my bike ought to be a wreck by now!

I bought a 5-litre can of the stuff a while back and apply it with a little garden sprayer. Narrow stream or fine mist depending on what I want. I mist it around all the bits and pieces when the council start salting, and it does a great job!

I also use fork gaiters... NOT those ugly plastic things...nope! Instead, I have a nice set of neoprene ones from Acerbis. It's a straight black cover of the stretchy black stuff they make wetsuits out of. Well worth the money I spent on them.

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[Jebus]

i have seen the big cans, but very rarely think that most places wont bother as normal people will never want that much of the stuff
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[loply]

I've seen "cases" of 24x cans of WD40 on ebay before for pretty cheap. Not sure about the 5L tubs though - Screwfix sells one of the AC* alternatives in big tubs.
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