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It has been awhile since I posted since I finally got the bike running, but ran into a long lost problem...The bike has been up on the center stand because the front fork seals are leaking AGAIN! The history is that the fork seals were changed by my father and ended up leaking fairly quickly after install. (This was years and years ago). He took the forks to a former Honda mechanic and he changed the seals for him again. Then my dad gave me the bike since he could not ride anymore and when he gave me the bike, the forks were leaking again. I took them back to the guy that last fixed them and he replaced the seals again. Then the bike sat for about 5 years because I didn’t have the money to get the rest of the stuff fixed up on in. Over this past winter, I fixed everything that I knew needed attention, including bringing the forks to another Honda dealer and having the seals inspected and replaced. They felt everything was fine with the forks and went forward with replacing the seals. Well 600 miles later, the right seal leaks out most of its fluid on the garage floor. Sooooooooo, now the dealer feels I need new fork tubes. They were very surprised that the tubes leaked because they cannot see any significant contributors to the leaking. I went ahead and had them order the fork tubes and naturally they called back 2 days later and said the tubes are no longer available. I looked over e-bay and am worried about buying another 25-year-old part that I could end up with the same problem. Any suggestions? I did find one aftermarket dealer that has them listed and was wondering if any of you have any experience with them? Saber Cycle is the company. The part is http://www.saber-cycle.com/store/product367.html I did a search here on the company and it looks like there is a huge amount of negative thoughts on the company. Your wisdom has guided me through this bike project so far, so why stop now. What do you think?
It has been awhile since I posted since I finally got the bike running, but ran into a long lost problem...The bike has been up on the center stand because the front fork seals are leaking AGAIN! The history is that the fork seals were changed by my father and ended up leaking fairly quickly after install. (This was years and years ago). He took the forks to a former Honda mechanic and he changed the seals for him again. Then my dad gave me the bike since he could not ride anymore and when he gave me the bike, the forks were leaking again. I took them back to the guy that last fixed them and he replaced the seals again. Then the bike sat for about 5 years because I didn’t have the money to get the rest of the stuff fixed up on in. Over this past winter, I fixed everything that I knew needed attention, including bringing the forks to another Honda dealer and having the seals inspected and replaced. They felt everything was fine with the forks and went forward with replacing the seals. Well 600 miles later, the right seal leaks out most of its fluid on the garage floor. Sooooooooo, now the dealer feels I need new fork tubes. They were very surprised that the tubes leaked because they cannot see any significant contributors to the leaking. I went ahead and had them order the fork tubes and naturally they called back 2 days later and said the tubes are no longer available. I looked over e-bay and am worried about buying another 25-year-old part that I could end up with the same problem. Any suggestions? I did find one aftermarket dealer that has them listed and was wondering if any of you have any experience with them? Saber Cycle is the company. The part is http://www.saber-cycle.com/store/product367.html I did a search here on the company and it looks like there is a huge amount of negative thoughts on the company. Your wisdom has guided me through this bike project so far, so why stop now. What do you think?
