Forks woes - Bent, but can't be?

[loply]

Hi folks,

My forks were 100% fine but one of them was leaking a wee bit, so I stripped it and replaced the fork seal. I've done this before, its quite easy.

Upon reassmebling the fork, the stanchion would not slide once I put the guide bush (teflon coated slider) back into the fork leg. It just jammed solid.

The best suggestion I had was that the bush might be twisted or distorted, so I bought a new one... £20 down the drain. New bush made no difference.

Basically when you put the guide bush in, the stanchion jams up and wont slide. This sounds exactly like a bent stanchion.

But how? Could it be anything else? I cant possibly explain how it became bent... If I can't fix this, it might not be worth new forks, I might just write the bike off, its just too much to handle.

Im so pissed off. Simple fork seal replacement turns in to this nightmare.

Any suggestions?
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[Bezzer]

Only one, are you sure everything went back in the right order, I've done it wrong before now and everything locked up
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[zenodamper]

U near to London or West Sussex? I could help you by having a look - no charge by the way...