rusted forks fix?

ok my 2 forks have tiny rust spots,

and i think thats what shot my seals! .(

is there any way i can fix this?

i tried sand paper and now i have t¡ny depresion there.

i would like to fix that before i change the seals!

 

Your hosed now SecaMan. Those pits (they are most probably from stone chips impacting with your bike when you ride in traffic) are through the chrome plating and are unrepairable. New tubes are in order. From the dealer your looking at $500USD+ for a set of new tubes. Sand paper was poor choice. The silicate in the sand paper will scratch the surface of the chrome, leaving sharp grooves in the finish which will tear your seals to pieces. A better choice next time would be 0000 grade steel wool which will not scratch the chrome (works on cleaning it very nicely too). You should check with Frank's Maintenance and Engineering, Inc. (http://www.frankmain.qpg.com/ ) for forks. He offers custom and factory built tubes delivered in the US for about $220 delivered to the door. A little more for shipping and you might have the least expensive fix for your problem. Good luck.

 

hey man i have herd that u can sometimes slowly build up super glue to fill in some holes, and it leaves a smooth surface once shaped.
cheers brenton

 

I would not bet on the superglue. It is crystaline in structure and fractures easily. Epoxy maybe, but I doubt it. Nothing to loose by trying though. I would love to hear about the outcome if you did try it.

 

Perhaps that "weld in a tube" stuff would work? (I'll check on the actual name tomorrow at work.) I suppose it's some kind of epoxy, but it claims you can build it up, and even use it on cracked engine blocks and stuff. Of course, McDonalds claims they have tasty burgers, so...

 

He he he he, moose, your making me laugh! Tastes good indeed! The problem as I see it is that the sealing surface has to be perfectly smooth and that cannot be assured with epoxy or superglue or any other type of repair. New tubes are the only fix short of spending huge amounts of cash to have the old tubes stripped and rechromed (a waste of time really). New tubes would be far cheaper. Keep the laughs comming moose!