Post by hermy90210 on Jul 8, 2009 2:00:03 GMT
Due to being a poor student in the midst of the summer holidays with no student loan to work on i was gutted when i found out my '92 divvy 600 failed its MOT.
This was due to headlight misalignment (which it seems to have failed on a couple of times in the past), rear pads needing replacing (still had some life in them but the guy was being picky), but worst of all... the front right fork was leaking oil, was very light when i noticed it as i pulled up for my mot, made worse by the fork test, must have happened the day of or day before the test.
SOOOO i took it to be repaired as i dont have the tools to do it myself, looked like it was just the seal gone and decided to get both redone as the other would probs go soon too.
On picking up my bike i notice the front feeling a little soft, and when i pull up what do i find.... the LEFT was GUSHING oil, all down the back of my front caliper....
So, i slowly take it back to my mechanic, who then fits another seal. but he says that both forks seem to be slightly pitted, waste of £120 maybe? I'm now guessing that to stop this problem i should either get them ground and rechromed, or get a second hand pair from another '92, or get brand new forks....... This is mainly because even though it's not leaking oil as such or dribbling it anywhere, there is still a light film of oil on both forks once they've been compressed, leading to a slight tell tale oil circle at the furthest point it's traveled to.
You see, i need it to get through it's MOT, any ideas on a DECENT bodge to sort this for the short term while this student tries to scrape some pennies together for a (possible) used set of forks?
Am started to get tempted by packing behind the dust seals...
This was due to headlight misalignment (which it seems to have failed on a couple of times in the past), rear pads needing replacing (still had some life in them but the guy was being picky), but worst of all... the front right fork was leaking oil, was very light when i noticed it as i pulled up for my mot, made worse by the fork test, must have happened the day of or day before the test.
SOOOO i took it to be repaired as i dont have the tools to do it myself, looked like it was just the seal gone and decided to get both redone as the other would probs go soon too.
On picking up my bike i notice the front feeling a little soft, and when i pull up what do i find.... the LEFT was GUSHING oil, all down the back of my front caliper....
So, i slowly take it back to my mechanic, who then fits another seal. but he says that both forks seem to be slightly pitted, waste of £120 maybe? I'm now guessing that to stop this problem i should either get them ground and rechromed, or get a second hand pair from another '92, or get brand new forks....... This is mainly because even though it's not leaking oil as such or dribbling it anywhere, there is still a light film of oil on both forks once they've been compressed, leading to a slight tell tale oil circle at the furthest point it's traveled to.
You see, i need it to get through it's MOT, any ideas on a DECENT bodge to sort this for the short term while this student tries to scrape some pennies together for a (possible) used set of forks?
Am started to get tempted by packing behind the dust seals...
