Hi Nick this may not help but I had similar experience a while ago. It turned out to be petrol in the engine oil caused through the diaphragm in the petrol tap, or can be just cos you left it on res after you filled it up, try dropping the oil if it comes out like piss and there's more than there should be that's your problem having said that it could be a lot of things.
Hey slice that is a really nice end result you got there, I can see a lot of hours & money spent, hope you don't loose too much on it, I'm sure it will make someone very happy, just hope whoever gets it looks after it.
Cheers Drew I can get the part from Fowlers, but the old one looks fine and looks a pig to get out without damage its just that I read in the manual not to touch it when changing the seals, is there some form of a special grease for them or do they just get lubed by the fork oil ?
I recently purchased a set of used forks for my bike from ebay one of the lower fork legs are damaged so I decided to swop it over with a spare one i've lying around for years, which looks in good condition my question is about the metal slider ring which is located just below the seal
will I need to replace this as its been left bare for many years as I think its supposed to have some sort of special grease on it.
It looks in good nick, can I just re-grease it, or if not how do i remove it without damaging the fork leg?
thanks for any replies in advance