Removed the front left fork and took it down to Bob's to get the seal replaced. It was literally pouring oil out haha. The right was fine. While there, I got a set of gaiters to protect the forks/seals and a rebuild kit for the rear master cylinder as it's developed a leak too. It was completely empty when I got her so it's been an issue while sitting for 10+ years.
There was some corrosion in the end of the bore, that I was able to get off using some fine steel wool ... made it into a cylinder like shape and stuffed it in and gently polished the inside of the bore by only moving it around gently (no aggressive scrubbing), then cleaned it really well and sprayed it out with brake cleaner, then installed the new internals. Hope it all holds up and doesn't leak again.
Put the new gaiter on the left fork while installing it, then pulled the right to install.
Question!!! How do you make sure you've set up the cross brace and axle to keep the forks absolutely parallel so they don't bind up during compression? I left it all loose, rolled the bike and hit the front brake a few times to make sure the suspension compressed and rebounded well and then put it back on center stand and tightened the axle and brace as it sat. Hope that'll work?
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