Pitted forks

[killa]

Realistically with a set of new seals on a set of forks, if the plating is slightly pitted in several places, how long would you expect the seals to last?
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[tom_e]

Not long.

[killa]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Depends where the pits are. They will damage the seals fairly quickly if the pit is going through the seal, but on most bikes that is at least 10mm beyond the point the pit is visible.

How quickly will depend on how rough the pit is and how often it goes over the seal

All the best

Katy
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[MCN]

We rub the edges of pitting on 'big' rods using a Hard Translucent Arkansas Stone. (Which is a very fine grained, hard natural stone from Arkansas https://www.naturalwhetstone.com/)

It's pointless waste of effort normally.
It's more a case of looking as if you are doing 'something' to help. (smoke and Mirrors)

The idea is to smooth the microscopic rags off the edges of pits and help prevent tearing the new seals.
Ultimately oil will get out whether by ripped seals or carried out in the pits.

The only solution is grind chrome grind the rods or normally more practical is to fit new rods. (And new seals again).
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[tom_e]

There's plenty of places that will rechrome the forks which should work out cheaper than replacing them.

[killa]

I thought as much, the pitting isn’t so bad in the immediate area but seems smooth enough that it would last sometime.
I will ask my mechanic about chroming.

Cheers
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[Minty]

Aren't you going to ask about the Kickstart/Keith/Katy thing? Someone needs to so it might as well be you.
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[killa]

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[Ste]

Rather surprisingly, BCF is the safest space on the internet.

Pardon the pun but it takes some balls to do what Katy did, especially after seeing quite how much flack MissTamsin got.

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[Commuter_Tim]

[Tamsin]

[MCN]

[Kal]

[.Chris.]

Pics of the GS?
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