same fork (seal was replaced 3 months ago) is leaking again 
That sucks
Been power-wheelieing again?
funnily enough, no. been taking it easy
both forks or one?
I will 90% assure you its a bent fork. Bent stanchion thats creating small gap in seal and it pisses with oil
New fork/forks
were they genuine seals? - only ive heard of the cheaper ones doing this. i take it the stanchion is smooth and not pitted etc
fork looks ok no pitting - if it was it would leak from the start not suddently start weaping alot, right? same if it was bent?
My R6 didn’t leak from the start when i replaced. i would say within 1000miles it was leaking again. OEM seals. Stanchion and fork tube had movement when i slid forks out. left fork was perfect still. no pitting on either.
so it was a bend fork and it didnt leak from the starT?
No forks were fine for around 15k. I used to wheelie a lot and was practising stand ups. That didn’t help. But i still put it down to the huge pot hole i hit in a shadey section of road when mel was testing riding the blade.
Hit it hard. Only a slight bend, not seen to the eye and that movement with irks going up and down eventually blew seal after seal and then never stopped. Left fork was perfect and is still on a friends R6 being ridden with no issues.
i mean that after the fork was bent did it blew seals immediately or did it take i while?
Could be a damaged seal that had a nick in it. Get it rebuilt and see of it goes again. A lot cheaper than a complete rebuild unless the inner leg is cheap enough (bet it won’t be)
thats the plan
Give the Seal Mate thingy I mentioned before a go. Worth a try before paying to have another seal fitted or a fork rebuilt…
http://londonbikers.com/forums/951286/weeping-fork-seal,-a-canceled-ride-out,-a-quiche-and-a-greek-salad?PageIndex=2&Keywords=seal%20mate#bm951380
Sorry Pan, should have been clearer. It took a while for teh seals to ‘give up’. the movement (front and back instead of up and down) of the fork eventually stretched the seal and oil found the gap, started weaping and got worse over a few weeks. Then changed fork.
but…dont give up. try decent OEM seals. Maybe there are some stronger ones out there?
Get it done by a different shop, they might connect it up with a bit more ‘umph’
getting oems tomorrow and Adz is coming over to fit it. fingers crossed its not a bent fork
Get the stanchion checked by an engineers to make sure it’s true. Other than that, you might have just had that same fork at a slightly harder setting which meant it was the first to go.
Or, perhaps the actual seal isn’t sitting properly in the USD fork bottom.
My humble advice would be to just replace the seal again this time (with a genuine honda) and see how you get on…
Or even simpler, you might just need to reseat the seal. Sometimes dirt can get trapped between the seal and the stanchion which affects the seal…
hmmmmmmm
See my post above.
thanks guys.
#cj i did make that tool out of a yogurt pot so will give it a try
what can one say about Adam (adz) he’s a legend. come over last evening and fitted the new oem seal and new oil and all he wanted was a cuppa tea! like i say legend!
Now fingers crossed that this sorts it out!