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Originally Posted by jeeps84
Damaged as in bent or just leaking? If just leaking. Rebuild! If you think the are bent. make sure its not just a bent bar from shipping or even pulled out of align. Ive crashed a few bikes and thought fork damage at first. After closer inspection. I found the front was just out of alignment.  |
Just after I bought the bike I took the Showa's apart because of blown fork seals and noticed that there's a "spot" about 2" diameter on the inside of both outer tubes. Looks to me like the inner tube rubbed at some point in time (possibly during the wheelies that blew out the fork seals).
But now the front end is making a noise I've never heard before. Hold the front brake and work the suspension and it makes a squeaking/groaning noise. I know that when it was shipped, the front end was severely compressed for about 6 weeks 
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