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04 ZX10R Front Forks

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hey just wanna own if anyone else has had this prob.

had my bike for a while now and all is good. i rode it from Kalgoorlie to Perth doing a few wheelies on the way. still practising so i'm not getting them really high or long. now my fork seals r leaking, i have changed them myself all was good but one side had started leaking again slightly. oil level i measure correctly to gen tech manual. everyone i've talked to said it's unheard of a zx10r 04 with only 13000ks doing fork seals. i know the bike hasn't been dropped/stacked.

anyone done seals???
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I might be wrong, but my guess would be the first set died as a result of the whole "I'm learning to wheelie" experience. The second set may have not suffered the same fate, or may not have been installed correctly. I wouldn't expect any bike used "normally" to exhibit these symptoms after that few km's.
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Check with Wattie, when he gets back next week...he did have some seepage a while ago, dont know what happened though..
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hoffy wrote:Check with Wattie, when he gets back next week...he did have some seepage a while ago, dont know what happened though..
maybe he didnt use the new Libra's with wings. They are meant to work wonders :D :D
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Re: 04 ZX10R Front Forks

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Blurr wrote:
hoffy wrote:Check with Wattie, when he gets back next week...he did have some seepage a while ago, dont know what happened though..
maybe he didnt use the new Libra's with wings. They are meant to work wonders :D :D
haha :lol: wish it was that easy

thanks guys. i'll change them again, not that hard now i've done it before.

would take it to the shop but in wa they want 100+ a hour, f@*# that

i worked for mercedes benz in melb and we only charged 120
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