SoonerSoftail
Active Member
A couple of weeks ago I had oil all over the left side of the bike when I got home from my favorite hangout. After searching a bit I found it coming from the left fork. Seal right? Ordered lots of parts to upgrade suspension and chrome. Everything had arrived and I started taking everything apart Sunday morning. When I took off the tins I almost had to change pants. It wasn't the seal. The left pinch bolt had snapped and the left tube had unscrewed itself and dropped a couple of inches leaving the spring showing. When I got to the right side I found that pinch bolt had also snapped off and that tube had unscrewed a couple of turns. SCARY! I put it back together with new grade 8 bolts and marked the tubes so I can check for rotation without taking anything apart.