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Wanted to see what everyones thought was on this. Being so anal with my bike, I put chrome lowers on about 500 miles ago, so I needed 2 tires, so I mounted them and took them to a dealer in W.V. where I know the service manager very well. Told him I wanted to service my forks and balance my tires, so I pulled the forks off and went down to the dealer. They gave me the old fork bushings back because they said they were showing a little sign of wear. They don't look that bad and I am cool with them replacing them, but my question is with only 8900 miles, should these be showing signs of wear?
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Dale
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They should be showing wear but they should be just fine.
They probably just replaced them because they were in there and the part is so cheap.Last edited by CLL375; 08-25-2010, 09:52 PM.Whatever doesn't kill me....HAD BETTER START RUNNING!
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Agreed....If I was working on the forks, and had them apart to that level, I would install new seals and bushings as well, even at low miles........gOriginally posted by CLL375 View PostU.S. Army "Retired"
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If ya got it apart.......replace the seals and bushings...........just my 2-cents!OLD SKOOL BIKERS RULE, WE DO WHAT IT TAKES AND LIKE IT!!!
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Yes, I told them to replace everything, and I just took the bike out for a ride after getting it back together, what a difference 2 new tires make. And also getting the Heavy Duty fork oil out of the front end I feel like I got suspension back!Dale
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