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I rebuilt my forks about a year ago with new fork tubes and internals and they have sat unused ever since. Leg assemblies were stored upright without top caps or oil in my basement, in a box. One seems stuck and the other isn't so smooth. I yanked the moveable one open and the bushings seem fine but I recall I had a hard time with the bushings upon the rebuild. I think a bad fork tube caused me to have to hone the I.D. of one of the bushings.
Now all iternals are new and alloy so there is no corrosion.
I am also wondering if I bent the lower sliders slightly. I clamped them in a vise equipped with soft jaws and ha the legs wrapped in shop towels. The sliders held in the vise were clamped firm but not overly tight. I did this to get a grip on the slider while removing the seal holders. I was trying to install the fork onto the bike today and also install a Norman Hyde fork brace. I am wondering if the sliders were slightly deformed by me putting them in the vise? The sliders were not clamped tight enough in the vise to help undo the seal holders without me holding the slider with one hand too keep it from turning in the vise.
I was hoping to get the front end on this weekend but that is not going to happen. I hope I didnlt bend the sliders and just need a new fork tube to replace the wonky one that I had to fiddle with. I didn't even try to compress the forks before taking them apart. I just chucked them in the vise, loosened the seal holders then noticed one wasn't even moving at all.
Now all iternals are new and alloy so there is no corrosion.
I am also wondering if I bent the lower sliders slightly. I clamped them in a vise equipped with soft jaws and ha the legs wrapped in shop towels. The sliders held in the vise were clamped firm but not overly tight. I did this to get a grip on the slider while removing the seal holders. I was trying to install the fork onto the bike today and also install a Norman Hyde fork brace. I am wondering if the sliders were slightly deformed by me putting them in the vise? The sliders were not clamped tight enough in the vise to help undo the seal holders without me holding the slider with one hand too keep it from turning in the vise.
I was hoping to get the front end on this weekend but that is not going to happen. I hope I didnlt bend the sliders and just need a new fork tube to replace the wonky one that I had to fiddle with. I didn't even try to compress the forks before taking them apart. I just chucked them in the vise, loosened the seal holders then noticed one wasn't even moving at all.