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CZroe · November 3rd, 2023, 05:04 PM

My spare forks were freshly rebuilt nearly a decade ago and stored vertically inside my accessory building for several years before being wrapped in plastic and moved into a storage unit for a couple more. I’m not the one who retrieved them but I think they were stored horizontally (not sure but they were definitely transported that way). Anyway, I unwrapped the plastic only to find them swimming in clear fork oil.

Not sure if it leaked from one, both, top or bottom, but it makes me think back to the weird thread tape or whatever it was that I removed from the bottom bolts and never replaced. Since then I’ve seen many more EX250J fork rebuilds I still seem to be the only one to ever encounter it.

Guess I’ll be rebuilding these AGAIN. Tempted to add some teflon tape this time since I really think that’s what mine had from the factory.

November 3rd, 2023, 05:04 PM	#211
CZroe CPT Falcon Name: J.Emmett Turner Location: Newnan, GA Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '08 CP Blue EX250J, '97 unpainted EX250F, 2nd '97 unpainted EX250F (no engine), '07 black EX250F Posts: A lot.	My spare forks were freshly rebuilt nearly a decade ago and stored vertically inside my accessory building for several years before being wrapped in plastic and moved into a storage unit for a couple more. I’m not the one who retrieved them but I think they were stored horizontally (not sure but they were definitely transported that way). Anyway, I unwrapped the plastic only to find them swimming in clear fork oil. Not sure if it leaked from one, both, top or bottom, but it makes me think back to the weird thread tape or whatever it was that I removed from the bottom bolts and never replaced. Since then I’ve seen many more EX250J fork rebuilds I still seem to be the only one to ever encounter it. Guess I’ll be rebuilding these AGAIN. Tempted to add some teflon tape this time since I really think that’s what mine had from the factory. Last futzed with by CZroe; November 4th, 2023 at 08:23 AM.